Peace
after two major battles Persia was ready to give up land so Alexander would stop his conquest
advisors told Alexander to to take the offer but he refused
Alexander's goal was to conquer the Persian Empire
Alexander was a liberator
even though Egypt was a Persian territory
was even crowed a pharaoh
Alexander named a city after himself, very common for him to do
Alexander still wanted to kill King Darius III of Persia so he pursued him
the 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 killed him
Many thought that once Darius was dead Alexander would stop his conquest
He invaded certain areas of India and successful defeat them there as well
Only problem Alexander struggled with was the low morale of his army
Low Morale
Alexander's troops had been fighting for 11 years and travled very far
marched 11,000 miles in bad conditions, deserts and monsoon rains
Very disappointed Alexander, decided to go home
When he was on he stopped in Babylon, he announced he wanted to unite his empire by building new cities and conquer Arabia
what happens after big promises or vows in this time era
he became seriously ill with a fever and died at age 32
Legacy
married a Persian princess
wore Persian dress and presided over marriage to Persian women for 80 of his men
very interesting cultural impact spread culture
Alexander conquered a vast amount of land
Generals fought over who got the power of the empire
Generals:
Antigonus- became king of Macedonia and took control of Greek city-states
Ptolemy- seized Egypt took title of pharaoh and began a dynasty
Seleucid- got control over the old Persian empire didn't take the democratic approach with, rulers had all the power not the people
I think Alexander was a pretty good person. I mean look at all that land he got and the culture he spread. He was greedy that was my main thought about him. That's why he did what he did, but when he stopped fighting he tried to fix things. He wanted to bring the people together, unite them as one Empire. He was barbaric about his ways of getting all of this land, but it paid off in the end because in turned out to be a pretty good Empire before he died.
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