Alexander
the Great Tells History
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PERSIST,
PERSEVERE, PROFIT
Alexander
the Great's Siege of Tyre
Despite
the criticism, Thebes remains one of my
greatest domestic policy missions. One of
my most impressive foreign policy ones was
Tyre. What I may have tried to spin as our
seven-month stay at the Tyre Resort proved
to be a real challenge to my men and my
leadership.
To this day, it is known as the Siege of
Tyre.
Tyre was an island fortress
off the coast of modern day Lebanon along
the Eastern Mediterranean shoreline.
Tyre
was a naval base that served as home to
many in Persia’s navy. It was essential
for me to capture it in order to break Persia’s
naval strength. I made a friendly overture
to Tyre, but they refused, countering with
an alliance at the very best.
I sought submission.
My entire journey took
thirteen years. From 356 BC to 323 BC, I
fought hard. From 356 BC to 355 BC, the
fighting was within the Greek Empire, from
355 BC to 323 BC, it was on the global front.
That’s
twenty two years outside of Greek territory,
covering twenty-two thousand miles over
Greece, Egypt, Persia and India. So when
one stop on my world tour put up considerable
resistance, or in this case, just under
ten percent of the total time of the mission,
I would feel considerably slighted and compelled
to leave my mark when it was all said and
done.
You
guessed it: Tyre was one such stop.
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