after two major battles lost, Darius 3 was ready to give up some land in hopes that alexander would stop his conquest
alexander was welcomed into egypt as a liberator even though Egypt was a Persian territory
Was even crown a pharaoh
Alexander name a city, Alexandria after himself very common for him to do
Alexander still wanted to kill King Darius 3 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
Many thought that once Darius was dead Alexander might stop the conquest, they were wrong
He invaded certain areas of india and successfuly defeat them there as well
ONly problem alexander struggled with was the loq morale of his army
Alexanders troops had been fighting for a very long time and traveled very far
fought for 11 yeas
had marched 11 thousand miles
in bad conditions deserts and even monsoon rains
very disappointed alexander agreed to return home
When alexander reached Babylon he announces that he wants to unite his empire by building new cities, roads and harbors and conquer Arabia
Married a persian Princess
He even wore Persian dress and presided over a mass marriage of 80 of his men to dersian women
Very interesting cultural impact-spreading Helenistic culture
I believe he just let greed get the best of him because he always named cities only after him and nothing tragic that occured. He only cared about himself.
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