Alexander the Great wanted to take over all of Persia so he denied an offer made by Darius III for land. Alexander was welcomed in Egypt even though they were part of Persia. He was crowned a pharaoh. He pursued Darius III because he wanted to kill him for being a coward. Since Alexander conquered a lot of places, he needed to rule them. He didn't really rule them. He found Darius III dead by one of his own men. Alexander kept conquering areas around India and stuff. His army had low morale because they had marched a long ways, fought for 11 years, went through deserts and monsoons so they went home. When Alexander reached Babylon, he wanted to unite his empire so he built cities, roads, etc. He died by a fever at the age of 32.
Legacy
He spread culture all over. He liked Persian culture and wore Persia clothes, had a Persian wife, had his soldiers marry Persian women. There was fighting over who would keep the land he conquered. Three generals took over his land. Antigonus took over Macedonia and Greece. Ptolemy took over Egypt. Seleucid took over the old Persian Empire and gave all of the power to himself.
I though Alexander the Great was pretty mean but it doesn't really matter because he won and took over a lot of land. History is determined by the victor. He was pretty great because he did conquer a lot of land and cared about his soldiers to send them back home. He also tried to unify all of his land which would have been beneficial to everyone. He did spread culture which is always good too.
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