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Who was the Macedonian king who conquered the Persians?

Alexander the Great.


Which ruler conquered the Persians around 330 BC?

Alexander the great


Which ruler conquered the Persians around 330bc?

Alexander, king of Macedonia and Hegemon of the Greek.


What ruler conquered the Persians around 330 BC?

Cyrus the Great


Who destroyed the Persians?

Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire and converted it into an empire of his own, not to destroy the Persians but to convert them to Greek culture.


Did Alexander the Great free all of Asia Minor?

He did not 'free it', he conquered it from the Persians it and incorporated it into his own empire.


What was the country in north Africa conquered by Alexander the great?

he started by conjuring the Persians Greece's old enemy.


Why do you think Alexander encouraged marriages between Macedonians and Persians?

It was to make the Persians respect him that he adopted their customs and dress; he wanted them to think he was no different to the rulers they'd had in the past.


Who eventually conquered the Persians Greeks and Egyptians?

The Persians were conquered quite brutally at three distinct points in history:They were conquered by Alexander the Great of Macedon who destroyed the Achaemenid Persian Empire and added all of its lands to his own in the 300s B.C.E.They were conquered by the Arab Muslims who destroyed the Sassanid Persian Empire in the 600s C.E. and resulted in the territory becoming prominent in the Rashidun, Umayyad, and Abbassid Caliphates.The Persians were overrun in the 1200s C.E. by Hulegu Khan of the Mongol Empire who founded the Ilkhanate or Middle Eastern Khanate.


Who is sikandar?

Sikandar is the Persian rendition of the name Alexander. When the Greek emperor Alexander the Great conquered Persia, the Persians called him Sikandar, meaning "defender" or "warrior". It is a variant of Iskandar


Why do you think the Persians allowed the people they conquered to govern themselves?

in governing conquered people the persian were much more humane than the assyrians.


What did Alexander the Great think of the conquered Persians?

He thought of them as partners in the universal empire he was establishing. Some he appointed as provincial governors. He married all his senior leaders to Persian women to help create a uniform race.