After his death his generals divided the empire and began to fight over their shares.
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.
Alexander the Great died at the age of 33 because of a fever and because he died no leaders in his empire were strong enough to take control so it later fell apart after a few years According to legend, on his deathbed Alexander said he left his empire "to the Strongest". This led to the division of the Empire amongst his various generals as no actual successor was named. Therefore, although Alexander didn't actually 'lose' his empire, per se, he was indirectly responsible for it's disintegration.
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Before his death the empire was in great hands. He taught the empire how to rule and he was a great army leader that's y his empire always won. He also had great soldiers who didn't want 2 listen 2 him but did because they wanted to win. But after Alexander the Great died, the empire fell apart. The land was split into 3 lands by his commanders. So you c, Alexander was a great person.
After his death his generals divided the empire and began to fight over their shares.
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.
Alexander the Great died at the age of 33 because of a fever and because he died no leaders in his empire were strong enough to take control so it later fell apart after a few years According to legend, on his deathbed Alexander said he left his empire "to the Strongest". This led to the division of the Empire amongst his various generals as no actual successor was named. Therefore, although Alexander didn't actually 'lose' his empire, per se, he was indirectly responsible for it's disintegration.
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The Persian Empire.
Before his death the empire was in great hands. He taught the empire how to rule and he was a great army leader that's y his empire always won. He also had great soldiers who didn't want 2 listen 2 him but did because they wanted to win. But after Alexander the Great died, the empire fell apart. The land was split into 3 lands by his commanders. So you c, Alexander was a great person.
Alexander died or was assassinated at the age of 32. His generals divided his empire amongst themselves, and whereas Alexander had wanted to convert his empire to Greek culture, apart from the ruling Macedonian upper class, the various peoples continued on with their own cultures.
Seleucus is one of the generals of Alexander the Great's army that took control of Asia when Alexander the Great died. He started the Seleucid Empire.
When Alexander the Great died and the Hellenistic Period began, his empire was divided into three parts.AntipaterPtolemyDariusAugustus was given Macedonia and Greece to rule.
He died young and left no clear successor. His generals fought amongst each other and established their own kingdoms from the areas they grabbed.
He only had one son but when Alexander died his son was to young and alexanders empire was split into kingdoms
There was only one other legitimate son, who died early.