[00:05.16] "My son, ask for thyself another kingdom [00:10.24] For that which I leave is too small for thee" [01:56.16] Near to the east [01:57.61] In a part of ancient Greece [02:00.16] In an ancient land called Macedonia [02:04.48] Was born a son [02:06.16] To Philip of Macedon [02:08.85] The legend his name was Alexander [02:12.94] At the age of nineteen [02:14.64] He became the Macedon King [02:17.10] And he swore to free all of Asia Minor [02:21.78] By the Aegian Sea, in 334 B.C. [02:25.74] He utterly beat the armies of Persia [02:30.19] Alexander the Great [02:34.14] His name struck fear into hearts of men [02:38.58] Alexander the Great [02:42.51] Became a legend 'mongst mortal men [03:03.46] King Darius the third [03:05.05] Defeated fled Persia [03:07.66] The Scythians fell by the river Jaxartes [03:11.92] Then Egypt fell to the Macedon King as well [03:16.15] And he founded the city called Alexandria [03:20.33] By the Tigris river [03:22.42] He met King Darius again [03:24.24] And crushed him again in the battle of Arbela [03:28.80] Entering Babylon [03:30.40] And Susa, treasures he found [03:32.91] Took Persepolis the capital of Persia [03:37.22] Alexander the Great [03:41.13] His name struck fear into hearts of men [03:45.69] Alexander the Great [03:49.58] Became a God amongst mortal men [07:09.57] A Phrygian King had bound a chariot yoke [07:11.65] And Alexander cut the 'Gordian knot' [07:13.70] And legend said that who untied the knot [07:15.63] He would become the master of Asia [07:18.04] Helonism he spread far and wide [07:20.16] The Macedonian learned mind [07:22.19] Their culture was a western way of life [07:24.18] He paved the way for Christianity [07:26.80] Marching on, marching on [07:34.89] The battle weary marching side by side [07:36.86] Alexander's army line by line [07:39.04] They wouldn't follow him to India [07:40.89] Tired of the combat, pain and the glory [07:43.39] Alexander the Great [07:47.23] His name struck fear into hearts of men [07:51.50] Alexander the Great [07:55.66] He died of fever in Babylon [08:04.99]