Today in Western Civilization class we watched more of the movie- Alexander the Great- The Man Behind the Legend.  Alexander is relentless a forces his troops to cross through the Himalayan Mountains which are 20,000 feet high.  One night, Alexander got drunk, and killed someone who saved his life, and someone who had fought under is father.  He also killed Calisthenes, because he refused to worship Alex as a god.  turning point of Alexander.  His empire covered 2,000 sq. miles.  It stretched from Greece to Afghanistan.  He marches on to India where he is meant by 50,000 men, and about 200 war elephants which were the tanks of ancient wars.  Alexander defeats the Indians, but he lets them keep their empire.  Alexander wants to go further, but his men can't go any longer, and he his forced to go home, and he takes a hard route, where two-thirds of his men die.  Alexander wants to make Babylon his new headquarter to make it easier to rule his kingdom, but after 11 feverish days, he dies at the age of 32.  It is unknown what he died of maybe typhoid fever, malaria, murdered, poisoned, or even too drunk.  After Alexander died, he was moved around, and now it is unknown where his remains are today.