All - he took over all of the Empire and made it his own.
All of them, so he could take over all of the Persian Empire.
Tyre - to gain control of the Levant coastline to neutralise the Phoenician fleet. Alexandria - to neutralise the Egyptian fleet. Persepolis to eliminate the Persian capital. Babylon - to establish as his own capital, dominating the Fertile Crescent.
The Persian Empire had 4 capital cities in 500 BC - Babylon, Persepolis, Ecbatana, and Susa.
Greek cities interfered in the Persian Empire in support of the Greek cities within the Empire. This led the Persians to think that the only way for peace was to absorb the Greek cities into the Empire. A fifty-year war ensued.
Babylon, Susa, Pasagadae, Ecbatana, sardis
he felt like it
All of them, so he could take over all of the Persian Empire.
Tyre - to gain control of the Levant coastline to neutralise the Phoenician fleet. Alexandria - to neutralise the Egyptian fleet. Persepolis to eliminate the Persian capital. Babylon - to establish as his own capital, dominating the Fertile Crescent.
Alexander took over the Persian Empire and made it into his own dictatorship - no freedom there.
Alexander the Great didn't conquer cities, unless you are talking about the Greek city states he conquered to unite Greece under his hegemony. Alexander conquered the Persian Empire and took over all its holdings which included Egypt and capitulated without a battle, and then fought Porus in modern day Pakistan with intentions to push forward into India.
To bring Greek culture to the conquered Persian Empire.
He looted initially, then when he took control of the Persian Empire, he taxed its cities, tribes and provinces.
There was no Greek empire - the Greek world was a collection of over 2,000 independent city-states. King Alexander of Macedonia took controp of the mainland Greek cities, then invaded the Persian Empire and took it over.
The Persian Empire had 4 capital cities in 500 BC - Babylon, Persepolis, Ecbatana, and Susa.
Greek cities interfered in the Persian Empire in support of the Greek cities within the Empire. This led the Persians to think that the only way for peace was to absorb the Greek cities into the Empire. A fifty-year war ensued.
Alexander built over 70 cities in the ex-Persian Empire when he took it over. Nearly half were modestly called Alexandria after himself - these cities were spread from Egypt to Central Asia.
Which city are you asking about. There were hundreds of cities within the Persian Empire.