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Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 SAT写作赏析：亚历山大大帝 SAT写作赏析：SAT写作范文赏析：亚历山大大帝 SAT备考辅导  亚历山大大帝(Alexander, Alexander III of Macedon，Alexander the Great，公元前356年7月20日-前323年6月10日)，生于马其顿王国首都派拉城，曾师从古希腊著名学者亚里士多德，十八岁随父出征，二十岁继承王位。是欧洲历史上最伟大的军事天才，马其顿帝国最富盛名的征服者。他雄才伟略，勇于善战，领军驰聘欧亚非大陆，使得古希腊文明广泛传播，是世界古代史上最著名的军事家和政治家。  Alexander the Great 356BC -- 323BC (亚历山大大帝)  King of Macedonia. Born at Pella in 356 B.C. to the first wife of King Philip II of Macedonia. At age 20, Alexander became the king of Macedon, the leader of the Corinthian League, and the conqueror of Persia. He succeeded in forging the largest Western empire of the ancient world.  As a teenager, Alexander was educated by the Athenian philosopher Aristotle. By the year 337 B.C. all of the Greek city-states had been conquered or forced into an alliance by King Philip II. He was planning to lead their joint forces in an invasion of the Persian Empire when he was assassinated in 336 B.C. at the wedding of Alexanders sister to the king of one his vassal states. Alexander succeeded to the throne of Macedonia at the age of 19. The unhappy Greeks immediately revolted but were quickly put down by Alexander who quickly showed his genius as a military leader. Having subdued all of Greece, he picked up his fathers plan and headed east to fight the Persians.  Alexanders army crossed the Hellespont--now called the Dardanelles--in the spring of 334 B.C. He stopped at the site of the ancient Greek city of Troy, scene of Homers Iliad. He met the Persians in battle for the first time on the Granicus River, which flows into the Sea of Marmara, and smashed the opposing army. Alexander himself narrowly missed being killed during the battle. Following this victory, Alexander pressed on through Asia Minor, being checked briefly by the Persians at the city of Miletos. He was near present-day Iskenderun in southern Turkey when he learned that the newly-crowned King Darius III of Persia and his army were at