Today in Western Civilization class we watched more of the movie Alexander The Great- The Man Behind the Legend.  Alexander fought the Persians- he used a phalanx, which scared the Persians.  Alexander realized the Persians had a lot of archers, which means their ground soldiers were probably not the greatest.  They Screamed, "Allalalalalaaaaa" as they moved forward, and when Alexander broke through their lines, and got to King Darius III, he fled in fear.  At the end the Persians had 50,000 casualties.  Tyre- Alexander conquered after several long months.  As a message to other cities not to fight Alexander crucified, and brutally murdered thousands of people.  Then Alexander moved to Gaza, where he killed every single man in the city, left woman and children to spread the story.  He then went to Egypt, where they surrendered without a fight, and he let them practice their own religion.  Hellenistic culture started to form.