Peace
- After 2 major battles lost, Darius III was ready to give up some land in hoes that Alex would stop his conques
- Alex refused this offer
- His goal was to conquer all of the persian empire
Alex in Egypt
- Alexander was welcomed into Egypt as a liberator even though Egypt was a Persian territory
- Was crowned a pharoh
- Alex named a city, Alexandria, after himself. This was common for him to do
- Alex stil wanted ti kill King Darius III 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 in hopes that Alex would leave Persia alone if the king was dead
- Alex invaded certain areas of India and successfully defeated them there
- Only problem Alex struggled with was the low morale of his army
- Alexs troopes had been fighting for a very long time and traveled very far
- They fought for 11 years
- Had marched 11,000 miles
- In bad conditions, deserts and even monsoon rains
- Disappointed, Alex went home
Governor ?
- When Alex reached Babylon, je announces that he wants to unite his empire by building new cities, roads and harbors and conquer Arabia
- He bacame seriously ill and died at 32
Legacy
- Married a Persian Princess
- He even wore Persian dress and presided over a mass marriage of 80 of his men to Persian women
- At the time of his death he conquered a vast amount of land
- Generals fought over who got the power of the empire
Generals
- venutally these 3 generals of Alex gor control of his cinquered land
- Antigonus became king of Macedonia and took control over greek city-states
- Ptolemy seized Egypt, took the title of Pharaoh and began a dynasty
- Seleucid got contol over the old Persian empire, He didnt take the democratic approach with him, the rulers had all the power not the people
I think that Alex was a smart guy. He knew what he wanted, and he knew what he had to do to get it. I think he was a little greedy and selfish in some cases. I think he thought about what would make his father happy most. I do feel like he was a little harsh while handeling some situations, but overall I think he did good things for himself and his people.
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