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Alexander the great earned the sobriquet of "Great" through both the magnitude and the timing of his conquests, as well as through his ruling vision for the conquered area. Never before had such a large conquest been accomplished, nor so quickly. Moreover, his rule of the new empire, although brief, was characterized by an eclecticism (that is, a blending of cultural features from both conquerors and the conquered) that further solidified his successes -- and his legacy as "the Great". Alexander and his army replaced the Greeks as the power in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. He was a Macedonian.

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