Alexander Berkman

(noun)

A writer and political activist and leader of the anarchist movement in the early twentieth century. He was jailed for 14 years in the United States for the attempted murder of Henry Frick, head of U.S. Steel, before being deported to Russia.

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Examples of Alexander Berkman in the following topics:

  • Lockouts

    • In the aftermath, Frick was shot in the neck and then stabbed by Alexander Berkman, surviving the attack, while Berkman was sentenced to 22 years in prison.

  • The Homestead Strike

    • National attention became riveted on Homestead when Alexander Berkman, a New York anarchist with no connection to steel or to organized labor, plotted with his lover, Emma Goldman, to assassinate Frick.
    • The Berkman assassination attempt undermined public support for the union and prompted the final collapse of the strike.

  • Alexander I's Domestic Reforms

  • Territorial Gains Under Alexander I

  • Alexander the Great

    • Alexander III, commonly known as Alexander the Great, was born to Philip II in Pella in 356 BCE, and succeeded his father to the throne at the age of 20.
    • During his youth, Alexander was tutored by the philosopher Aristotle, until the age of 16.
    • Alexander earned the honorific epithet "the Great" due to his unparalleled success as a military commander.
    • Alexander personally led the charge in the center and routed the opposing army.
    • Bust of a young Alexander the Great from the Hellenistic era, now at the British Museum.

  • Defeat of Persia by Alexander the Great

    • Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) was a king of the Greek kingdom of Macedon.
    • Alexander then chased the ruling Persian king, Darius III, into Media and then Parthia.
    • Alexander buried Darius' remains next to his Achaemenid predecessors in a regal funeral.
    • Alexander viewed Bessus as a usurper and set out to defeat him.
    • Alexander fights the Persians at the Battle of Issus, as depicted on his sarcophagus

  • Paintings, Macedonian Court Art, and the Alexander Mosaic

    • Alexander followed through on his father's plans.
    • Finally, Alexander relented and turned home.
    • Alexander very carefully controlled and crafted his portraiture.
    • Busts of Alexander depict a young, ageless man.
    • Alexander Mosaic, Battle of Issus.

  • FK Grade 6 Reading Level

    • Alexander the Great left his legacy by spreading Greek culture through Asia, though his empire fell apart after his death.
    • Alexander founded some twenty cities that bore his name, most of them east of the Tigris.
    • Alexander sought to insert Greek elements into Persian culture.
    • Alexander had no obvious heir.
    • In the process, both Alexander IV and Philip III were murdered.

  • The Legacy of Alexander the Great

    • Alexander had no obvious or legitimate heir because his son, Alexander IV, was born after Alexander's death.
    • In the process, both Alexander IV and Philip III were murdered.
    • From that time, Ptolemy ruled Egypt nominally in the name of joint kings Philip III and Alexander IV.
    • It was founded by Seleucus I Nicator following the dissolution of Alexander the Great’s empire.
    • Evaluate Alexander the Great's legacy as carried out by his successors

  • Alexander's Empire

    • Alexander the Great's legacy was the dissemination of Greek culture throughout Asia.
    • Alexander deliberately pursued Hellenization policies in the communities he conquered.
    • Alexander had no obvious or legitimate heir because his son, Alexander IV, was born after Alexander's death.
    • In the process, both Alexander IV and Philip III were murdered.
    • Name of Alexander the Great in Egyptian hieroglyphs (written from right to left), c. 330 BCE, Egypt; Louvre Museum.