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How Did Alexander Build A Great Empire
Now, instead of simply discussing his most glorious battle and successful expansion of his empire by overthrowing the Persian Empire. And although they were a major success to his rising to power. People must be able to understand exactly how even after defeating his enemies, Alexander ran these new additions to his empire and effected them through cultural influence. While Alexander was exceedingly bright, some may have doubted how he chose to run them. Even after the overthrowing of Darius III, Alexander still wanted to add more to his empire. He even went as far as India to overthrow, which only failed due to homesick soldiers. Thus, this had to be Alexander's greatest flaw, he didn't know when enough was enough. Now, back to subject at …show more content…
Alexander knew that the offspring of these marriages would be rejected within both cultures, but he knew that this would only create loyal subjects that would have no choice but to serve him. Although, after his death, most of these marriages would only end up being rejected. But, Alexander only had the goal of achieving the perfect empire in which the Greek culture would far surpass the others. And of course becoming the only king in the world, this being due to his huge amount of ego. But, he did help improve the conquered empires, by which the Greeks had brought with them their art, literature and a bit of their own language. Which, heavily influenced those within the empires. It helped improve their education and even their literacy skills in their daily lives. The influence of the Greeks even went as far as taking over the former Persian Empire and replacing it under the same laws and policies that the Greeks abided by. The Greeks also in stowed their beliefs in their Gods. While, not much is known today about what laws Alexander exactly put into to place, there is still evidence of his spreading of the Greek culture. Thanks to Alexander, most of what is known today is due to the influence he and his army had upon those they conquered. He had modeled the other governments after his own, while spreading his culture along the way. And although, he is mostly known today through his military accomplishments, he still managed to reform and educate the people of his

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