In the first story, why did Alexander pour the water on the ground? 2. In the second story, why did Alexander give the soldier who saved the hat band a reward? Why did he then order the man’s head cut off?

3. How can you use these legends to argue that Alexander was great?

4. How can you use these legends to argue that Alexander was not great?

There was not enough water for his troops to drink,so he poured out his helmet full of water to show that he was willing to face the same hardships as his men. to prove he was willing to face the hardships with his troops hopefully i helped

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superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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