After 2 losses Darius III was going to give up some land hoping that Alexander would stop his conquest. Alexander was welcomed into Egypt as a liberator even though Egypt was a Persian Territory. He was crowned a Pharaoh. Alexander wanted to kill king Darius III so he pursued him. He conquered many cities but did not govern them. He found king Darius but one of his own men had killed him. After Darius was dead Alexander did not stop his conquest. He invaded some parts of India. His men had very low moral. The reason was because they had been fighting for 11 years had marched 11000 miles through horrible conditions. Very disappointed Alexander returned home. When Alexander had reached Babylon he announced he wanted to unite his empire. he later became ill with a fever and died at 32. He married a persian princess. There was a lot of fighting over the land he had conquered. Eventually 3 generals took control of the conquered land Antigonus-became the king of Macedonia. Ptolemy-controlled Egypt. Seleucid-took control of the old Persian Empire.
Alexander was not so great because all he was was greedy and just wanted to conquer and take all the land and wealth he could. He shows this when he find the dead Darius and does not stop his push forward. The only reason he didn't kill the Egyptians is because they let him in and didn't retaliate. If he wouldn't have died then he might have taken over even more land than he already did.
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