His general divided his empire amongst themselves and established kingdoms of their own. These kingdoms became Greek for the ruling Macedonians and Greeks, but the rest continued their own cultures.
Who conquered Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great?
His general divided his empire amongst themselves and established kingdoms of their own. These kingdoms became Greek for the ruling Macedonians and Greeks, but the rest continued their own cultures.
Alexander conquered Egypt, Macedonia, and the Persian Empire.
Alexander conquered Egypt, Macedonia, and the Persian Empire.
No, both empires existed at the same time however the Babylonian Empire outlasted the Assyrian Empire. Finally the Persian Empire conquered the Babylonian Empire, then Alexander of Macedonia conquered the entire area but split into three parts after Alexander's death. Finally the Roman Empire conquered the three splinters of Alexander's Empire.
Alexander tried to introduce Greek culture which he regarded as 'civilising', establishing over 70 Greek-style cities to help this process (modestly naming them Alexandria after himself). His early death interrupted the process. His general who succeeded him established their own kingdoms (the Hellenistic kingdoms) from his empire. Their effect was to bring the upper classes into line, but the masses kept their own culture.
Alexander the Great conquered it. Upon his death, it eventually went to one of his generals. Then it was conquered by Rome, by the Mongols, and by Muslim armies. It is now called Iran.
The major problem after Alexander's death was all the lands he conquered and his army were left leaderless as Alexander did not name a successor to rule in his place. His oldest son was only 10 yrs. old and was murdered leaving no clear successor to rule.
After his early death, some in the east reverted to their native rule. In the west, his general fought each other, dividing it up into kingdoms for their own. It eventually settled down into Egypt, Syria, Pergamon and Macedonia.
alexandrian they spread greek culture
One of his generals Ptolemy, who after Alexander's death carved off Egypt as a personal kingdom and founded the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. Cleopatra was a descendant and successor of the Ptolemys.
Yes, it certainly was an empire. A king called Phillip of Macedon united with lower Greece and conquered neighboring territories and then his son Alexander the Great went all out and conquered Persia and added much of the eastern world to the empire. It was short lived and fell apart after the death of Alexander, but while it lasted it was an empire.