because they could not find who Alexander was talking about the strongest.
Alexander the GreatWas born in Pella, Macedonia (in Turkey) and was the conquerer of the ancient world
The most noted short term effect of Alexander the Greats reign was the unity of his empire. Before his death the empire spread from Greece to Egypt, but quickly broke apart after he died.
It stretched from Libya-Egypt through the Middle East to Central Asia and today's Pakistan in the east.
Cleopatra was never Alexander the Great's stepmother. Cleopatra was a Ptolemy, descendant from one of Alexander's generals. Alexander died close to 300 years before Cleopatra was even born.
The Persian Empire.
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Well, what happened to Alexander's Empire was, it crumbled. Ten years after he died his generals split it up into four parts because he didn't leave someone who could run his Empire.
Alexander died from malaria, when he died he said that his empire would go to the strongest military leader.
Alexander's father was Philip II of Macedon. Philip had conquered most of Greece by the time he died in 336 BC. Alexander was 20 and began completing the plans Philip had made to invade Persia.
It was established in 331 BCE, and he died in 323 BCE.
He had always wanted to conquer Asia; Philip II died, so he succeeded the throne, now granted the resources and opportunity to do so.
He died young and left no clear successor. His generals fought amongst each other and established their own kingdoms from the areas they grabbed.