There was only one other legitimate son, who died early.
The other 90 percent of the world.
Alexander the greats achievements were conquering other lands and to have war
Alexander the greats achievements were conquering other lands and to have war
Alexander the Greats goals were to expand his empire as far as he could and to conquer all enemies he came across. He was very successful, he conquered his major enemy, the Persian empire, and any other enemy in his path. He also expanded his empire all the way to the Indus river in India.
One of Alexander the Great's friends was Callisthenes, a relative of Aristotle. Some of his other long-time friends were Hephaestion, Cassander, and Ptolemy, who all served as generals in Alexander the Great's army.
Alexander the Great's major accomplishment was to do so much in such little time -- and with such a lasting effect. In roughly ten years and with a small force of soldiers, he conquered the world's largest and most powerful empire which mustered troops vastly superior in numbers to Alexander's own. The conquests continued even beyond, with further success against other opponents, and included cultural conquests as well as military. Moreover, these achievements lasted for centuries.
The empire did not fall. When Alexander died prematurely, there was no clear heir, and his generals divided the empire amongst them, establishing their own kingdoms in opposition to each other. This settled down to Egypt, Syria, Macedonia and Pergamon.
Hellenistic comes from Hellas a.k.a Greece. Historians around the world believe that when Alexander with the other greek cities went against the Persians and the other countries in the east, he brought their advanced greek civilization, culture and language. This is also the reason that the new testimony was written in greek. This is why those kingdoms were called Hellenistic as well as the whole era.
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.
No one expended the Greek empire because there was not a Greek empire. Alexander the Great, the king of Macedon, with allied Greek city-states conquered the Persian Empire. After his death his generals fought each other. This resulted in the division of Alexander's conquests into the Kingdom of Pergamon, the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Kingdom.
After he died all of his generals fought over who was going to take over which lands. The generals actually killed each other to see who would rule. This happened because Alexander left no heir.
IDK but I think he used other people to help him