peace. after 2 major battles were lost by darius the 3rd was ready to give up some land in hopes that alexander would stop his conquest. the macedonian advisors to aleander thoguht it was a good idea but he refused it. aleanders goaL WAS TO conquer all of the persian empire. alexander was welcomed into egypt as a liberator even though egypt was a persian territory. was even crowned a pharoh. aleander named cities after himself. very common he do. alexander still wanted to kill king dariuslll off persia so he pusued him. this pursuit made him a great conqured but bad a govering the land. he eventually found king darius dead. many thought when darius was dead that alexander might stop the conquest but they were wrong he invaded certaina reas of india and succesful deafeat them there as well. only problem was the low moral of his army. alexander troops had been fighting for a very long time and traveled very far. he foguht 11 years. had marched 11k miles in bad conditions deserts and even in minsoon rains. very disapointed he decided to return home. when he reached babylon he announces that he wants to unite his empire by building new cities, roads and harbors and conquer arabia. what happens after big promoses or vows in this era. married a persian princess/. he even wore persian dress and presided over a mass marriage of 80 of his men t persian women. very interesting cultural impact-spreading hellenstic culture. at death alexander conquered a great deal of land. when he died 3 generals foguth for the king positon. antigonus became the king of macedonia and took contorl of greek city/staes. ptolemy seized egypt took title of pharoh and begin a diesty. seleucid, got control over old persian empire. he didnt take the democratic approach with him the rulers had all the power not the people.
my opion of him is that what he did was good and bad. he took land that wasant his but showed other places he sint messing around. he showed people a strong army that counldnt be beaten. he was also greedy tho he wanted to have all the land to his people and him he didnt want the people who acctually own it here. it could go both ways but i will pick that he was a good leader more military wise though not goverment wise.
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