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[tigresa1]

But we'll never know how he might have stacked up against the Mongols whose battle tactics could have posed a problem for the fomulaic Alexander who although brilliant might not have had the tactical infrastructure to deal with such a fierce and focused army.

[Cami Te Amo!]

For me, he is the greatest! Except Maradona!

[strykar]

Well...who knows how he would have stacked up against the mongols. He did fight and beat the Skythians, who had a steppe cavalry army.

Its interesting to speculate. Read the new sci-fi book, by Arthur C. Clarke, "Time's Eye". In it, he has Alexander's army taking on the mongols of Genghis Khan.

[Salonika]

Very interesting topic, in my opinion i think alexander would have defeated the mongols, like it was said they were only a cavalry force made up of small people a small pony-like horse nevertheless a big force with big numbers , that means they would have fought on large plains to support there massive numbers, this would have been excellent for alexander the greater the plains the better, just deploy the macedonian phalanx to the max supported by cavalry on its flanx,to keep the mongol centred, it doesn't matter the numbers look at darius, and ceaser with the gauls, it is shear wits, something that only a great general has, its in his blood, knowing how the enemy thinks, being two steps infront, then victory........

[Tino]

For once we agree on something Salonika

[Salonika]

Yes we do Tino, that is good to hear, but i think in my opinion, it is phillip alexanders father that is the better general than alexander, if there would be an oportunity to meet both alexander or phillip i would prefer to meet phillip, everthing what alexander knows, has, and did phillip would have done also, it is phillip who gave birth to one of the best military armies of that time, gave birth to what was the roman army and so on, organised individual units, seperate from the general, each unit has its own leader, it is to bad that the macedonians invented something that is used for killing instead of something more useful, but they lived in a different time i guess......

[Salonika]

So if sogdians used hit and run tactics, so did alexander he despatched his army in five sections after them, you use gorilla warfare with gorilla warfare, you don't send whole armies to wipe out small armies, i was commenting on it depends on the situation, the area, and nobody is perfect everyone ultimatly looses, sooner or later, but there is a difference between a general and a great general, it is defeating the increadible odds...........

[Kevin]

The best tacticians are those that can prevent a war in the first place...

[Salonika]

I agree, however it is his military acheivements that make alexander the great and you wouldn't of had this web page in the first place, he was conquerer, whiich is funny there is a saying kill one person you are a murderer kill a million you are a conquerer, for me he was murderer, killed a lot people to apetite his hunger for conquest and gold, probably oliver stone will focus on that in his movie, i think that is what he was, its all about me

[Cami Te Amo!]

In the book The 100: Ranking Of The Most Influental Persons In History by Michael H. Hart, Alexander The Great in ranked on 33 place. He is compared with Hitler and Napoleon!

[Salonika]

You see Cami he is put with napolean and hitler, and we know hitler wasn't a plesent man, but alexander differed a little bit in a way that he tried to fuse all nationalities to make his empire with one common identity, but he wasn't popular for this achievement,well tried to achieve, but was popular for his military exploits, nevertheless he was a great tactician for his time.......

[Tino]

[marsian]

Greetings from Hong Kong,

It's difficult to say who will win between Genghis Khan and Alexander, because the truth is, whatever we say are merely speculations.

Nevertheless, I would like to say that Genghis Khan would be a much stronger opponnent to Alexander, then Darius. My point is this, by using the battle of Issus as a point of reference would in my humblest opinion a wrong starting point.

Yes, Alexander did defeat King Darius even when the odds is against Alexander "1 Greek against 10 Persian", but we know nothing of King Darius as a person. Was he a Strategist, one that is comparable to Memnon or Genghis Khan?

Some might argue that Genghis Khan uses number to defeat his enemy, but if you truely read into the history of Genghis Khan, you will know that's not the truth.

Genghis Khan (supreme leader of all tribes) did not have an easy childhood, after his father, who was a leader of a tribe was killed in battle, Timujin (Genghis Khan's real name) was actually abandone by his tribe, and they were left barely with anything to survive. In addition, Timujin, his mother, and their immediate family were constantly pursue by other tribal leaders who swear to finish them off. Thought, it was because of such environment that he grew up in equipped him with the neccessary intellect to in the end winning the respect of all the mongol tribal leaders (even his previous enemies) and gaining the title of "Genghis Khan".

Think about it, Timujin actually overcome all those hardship, unlike Darius, who probably stabbed someone in the back to gain hold of his position.

Like Alexander, Timujin conquered a vast area of land, if I remembered correctly, he was listed by Fortune magazine as the wealthiest conqueror (base on the amount of land and treasure) in history. Timujin did not start off with a huge army, but his army were gain as he conquest continued. In the end, his army became a huge invinsible force which terrorize Asia and Eastern Europe.

In the end, my point is the fact that both Alexander, and Timujin were Great Conqueror, and by saying one is stronger than the other would somehow demean their glorious past. Therefore, I think we should learn from them, "their will to overcome all obstacle to achieve their end goal" such personality would be more than enough in winning respect from any human being regardless of nationalities.

Thank you for reading, whether you agree with me or not.

Ciao!

[marsian]

[marsian]