Peace
-after two major battles lost darius the third was ready to give up some land in hopes that alexander would stop his conquest
-the macedonian advisors to alexander told him to take the offer but alexander refused
-alexanders goal was to conquer all of the persian empire
Alexander in Egypt
-Alexander was welcomed into egypt as a liberator through egypt was a persian territory
-was even crowned pharaoh
-alexander named a city, Alexandria after himself, very common got him to do
Continuing the Conquest
-Alexander still wanted to kill Darius the third of Persia so he pursued him
-This pursuit made him a great conquered but bad at governing the land he conquered
-He eventually found King Darius, dead, one of his own men had killed him
Are We There Yet
-Many thought that one Darius was dead Alexander might stop the conquest they were wrong.
-He invaded certain areas of India and successful defeat them there as well
-Only problem Alexander struggled with with the low morale of his own army
Low Moral
-Alexander's troops had been fighting for a very long time and traveled very far
--for 11 years
--11,000 miles marched
--in bad conditions deserts and even monsoon rains
-agreed to return home
Governor
-When he reached babylon he announces that he wants to unite his empire by building new cities roads and harbors and conquer arabia
-what happened after big promises or vows in this time area
-he became seriously ill with a fever and died at age 32
Legacy
-married a persian princess
-he even wore persian dress and presided over mass marriage of 80 of his men to persian women
-very interesting cultural impact spreading hellenistic culture
-at the time of his death alexander had conquered a vast amount of land
-generals fought over who got power of the empire
Generals
-3 generals of alexander got control and conquered his land
-antigonus became king of macedonia and took control of greek city states
-ptolemy seized egypt took title of pharaoh and began dynasty
-seleucid got control over the old persian empire he didnt take the democratic approach with him the rulers had all the power no the people
I think that Alexander the Great really was not all that great. I think that greed got the best of him and he thought that he needed everything when he clearly had enough. He called everyone else barbaric when he was as well, he deserved to die and it should have happened sooner. He was not a good guy and never really was. His dad was not the best person either, but like they say, like father like son. Also referring to the question no he was not special. He was not special at all, maybe his wife thought so but i bet all the peoples families who had someone die did no think so.
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