He defeated the Persian army, but the remaining eastern provinces still held out. It took him several years and a lot of fighting to bring them under control.
Becauese of his great military achievement of defeating and taking over the Persian Empire.
The Battle of Gaugamela, fought in 331 BC between Alexander the Great and the Persian King Darius III, was a significant battle that resulted in the decisive defeat of the Persian Empire. Alexander's victory at Gaugamela marked the end of Persian rule in the region and solidified Alexander's control over the Persian Empire, allowing him to continue his conquests further into Asia. The battle is considered one of the key moments in Alexander's military campaigns and his legacy as one of history's greatest military commanders.
His conquest of the Persian Empire took place 334 BCE to 326 BC.
how did alexander's conquests lead to a new civilization? --what the hell kind of an answer is that?! Some of the greatest conquests of Alexander the great included the victory over the Persian Empire and the Invasion of India. Look him up on the regular wikipedia for more.--
By defeating the Persian king Darius in a series of battles, and also defeating any local opposition of 10 years.
The Macedonians under Alexander defeated a provincial Persian army, allowing Alexander to continue his advance into the heart of the Persian Empire.
At that stage only half the Persian Empire had been captured. He went on to capture the other half to the east, and also wanted to continue on to the end of the world in the east which was then thought to end in India.
The surplus male population of the Greek world anxious for employment, which provided Alexander withe the superior armoured infantry capable of defeating the more numerourous but unarmoured Persian infantry.
The surplus male population of the Greek world anxious for employment, which provided Alexander withe the superior armoured infantry capable of defeating the more numerourous but unarmoured Persian infantry.
The surplus male population of the Greek world anxious for employment, which provided Alexander withe the superior armoured infantry capable of defeating the more numerourous but unarmoured Persian infantry.
He captured the Persian Empire 334-324 BCE.
The adoption of Greek culture by the upper class, the break up of the Persian Empire into Hellenistic Kingdoms by Alexander's generals and successors, and a plague of Greek opportunistic bagmen who swarmed in to profit from the takeover.