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How did Alexander the Great turn an empire into a civilization?
He left soldiers in cities he took, giving orders to marry locals. The soldiers did so gladly. He then sent new merchants to each city and then built academies in new lands.
How were Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great similar?
Each had a consuming ambition to create a great empire.
What was the legacy of Alexander the Great and rule?
Alexander's generals split his empire between them. These became known as the Hellenistic kingdoms, which remained dominant until progressively absorbed into the Roman empire.
What caused the decline of Alexander's empire?
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.
How did the Greek empire come to a end?
Greece was never an empire. Greece consisted of little city-states united by a common language and traditions, but they were never united under one ruler. Each city-state had it's own king or queen. You are probably referring to Alexander The Great's empire? Alexander was Macedonian, not Greek, so his was the Macedonian Empire, not the Greek Empire. The Macedonian Empire (which included some Greek city-states) ended when Alexander died in in 323BC - with no heir, the generals fought amongst themselves and ended up dividing his hard-earned empire into tiny chunks. Alexander's Macedonian Empire spanned across Macedonia, Greece, Egypt and Persia. With Alexander being vain, he named cities after himself (Alexandria, etc) so people would remember him.
How did Alexander the Great turn an empire into a civilization?
He left soldiers in cities he took, giving orders to marry locals. The soldiers did so gladly. He then sent new merchants to each city and then built academies in new lands.
How were Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great similar?
Each had a consuming ambition to create a great empire.
What was the legacy of Alexander the Great and rule?
Alexander's generals split his empire between them. These became known as the Hellenistic kingdoms, which remained dominant until progressively absorbed into the Roman empire.
Who expanded the Greek empire through much of the middle east?
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.
Why did the great empire fall?
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.
What caused the decline of Alexander's empire?
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.
How did the Greek empire come to a end?
Greece was never an empire. Greece consisted of little city-states united by a common language and traditions, but they were never united under one ruler. Each city-state had it's own king or queen. You are probably referring to Alexander The Great's empire? Alexander was Macedonian, not Greek, so his was the Macedonian Empire, not the Greek Empire. The Macedonian Empire (which included some Greek city-states) ended when Alexander died in in 323BC - with no heir, the generals fought amongst themselves and ended up dividing his hard-earned empire into tiny chunks. Alexander's Macedonian Empire spanned across Macedonia, Greece, Egypt and Persia. With Alexander being vain, he named cities after himself (Alexandria, etc) so people would remember him.
Why was Alexander the Great empire changed?
He left no clear heir and his generals split it up amongst themselves, creating what we now call the Hellenistic Kingdoms, which fought amongst each other.
Was alexander the great wicked or heroic?
Some would call Alexander the Great a great warrior. He never lost a battle. Some would call him a ruthless leader. He executed his cousin to make sure he had no rivals for his throne.A mix of both, the proportion of each depending on your definition of both words.
What was the main weakness of the Roman empire?
Ancient Greece itself had no real weakness, since each individual city-states makes up for the weakness of another. For example, Spartan had a horrible political system, with oligarchy, monarchy, and democracy all together, yet Athens' democracy more than makes up for Spartan's political weakness. On the other hand, Spartan military make the whole Greece military seem stronger.
Why did Alexander the Great's empire break apart so quickly after his death?
He died young and left no clear successor. His generals fought amongst each other and established their own kingdoms from the areas they grabbed.
How was the Persian Empire destroyed?
Alexander the Great of Macedon defeated it and took it over. As he left no clear successor, it was split up amongst his generals, who warred on each other, the eastern part returned to native rule, and the Roman empire progressively absorbed the western part.
