Alexander the Great was just carried on by the tide of events which were occurring. He assumed the throne at age twenty when his father was murdered. The reason for this is Alexander just bought the ways people used to live back or he kept his father's events going. He kept the Greek culture to expand.
Alexander added to what other people did to create history such as his father. He established many new colonies and cities, many of which were named after him. He adopted some Persian dresses and customs, married Bactrian and Persian princesses, and thousands of his Macedonians and Greeks wed to Persian women.
Many Greeks had already gone over into the Persian empire to serve as soldiers, traders, and doctors. Alexander trained and used Persians in his army which other people have done. Greece was already undergoing population pressures and a rising standard of living.
Philip of Macedon had created the phalanx and started building and empire. Philip......
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