He planned to turn west and go to Sicily and Carthage, but died/was assassinated before he could do so.
The Ottoman Empire's military defeats in the Second Siege of Vienna and the naval Battle of Lepanto prevented further Ottoman expansion.
Alexander the Great invaded Iraq in 331 BC during his campaign against the Persian Empire. His forces crossed into the region after the Battle of Gaugamela, where he defeated King Darius III of Persia. Following this victory, Alexander captured the city of Babylon, which is located in modern-day Iraq, further expanding his empire.
It was either starting off the Hellenistic culture defeating the Persians or becoming a pharoah of Egypt.
He was insignificant. The Mauryan Empire was expanding westward, and Alexander was lucky that his troops refused to go into India as they would have been crushed by the Mauryan juggernaut.
Alexander's father Philip, expanding the Macedonian empire, called up Persia's invasion of Greece, over a century earlier, as a propaganda reason to take on the Persian Empire. Philip was assassinated before his departure on the campaign and his son Alexander took it over.
Historians who were there say that this is because Alexander's soldiers refused to follow him any further east - the end of the Persian Empire was far enough for them.
The natural barriers that may have prevented the Babylonian Empire from expanding include the Zagros Mountains to the east, the Syrian Desert to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south. These rugged terrains made it difficult for the Babylonians to conquer new territories beyond these obstacles.
The invasion by king of Macedonia Alexander the Great, who turned the empire into an empire of his own.
askoha stoped expanding his empire in 269 B.C.E to 232 B.C.E.
Alexander conquered the Persian Empire.
The dissatisfaction of his troops. He had several near mutinies because his men wanted to get back home as they had been away for so long.
Philip II of Macedon's son was Alexander the Great. Alexander became one of history's most famous military leaders, expanding his father's empire and conquering vast territories in Europe, Asia, and Africa.