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A 6 page research paper that offers an examination of the Hellenistic era. The writer first discusses the fate of Alexander’s empire after his death and how it was divided among his successors, and then focuses on the legacy of Hellenistic culture. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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initiate a campaign against the Persians Empire. His son, Alexander the Great (334-323 BC) succeeded in conquering the might of Persia and Alexander subsequently proclaimed himself to be the "sole
ruler of the united Macedonian-Persia empire" in 331 BC.1 Over the course of the next eight years, Alexander expanded his empire to the borders of India, but, then, at the
height of his power, died at the age of 33. Upon his death, his empire was divided between three of his generals. This examination of the Hellenistic era, first discusses
the fate of Alexanders empire after his death and how it was divided among his successors, and then focuses on the legacy of Hellenistic culture. As soon as Alexander
died, his empire disintegrated and, rather than falling to one strong successor, went to the man, typically one of his generals, who had the greatest political and military power in
a particular region.2 Historian Suzanne Cross, in referring to the seven-year period immediately following Alexanders death, lists five major regions, which were ruled by "Ptolemy in Egypt, Antigonous in Asia
Minor, Cassander in Macedonia and Greece, Lysimachus in Thrace, and Seleucus in Syria."3 For the next several years, these men battled against each other for supremacy in various combinations. In
311, Cassander held 13-year-old Alexander IV, Alexander the Greats only surviving heir and his mother captive and he had them both murdered.4 The Diadochi, which means literally "Successors," were now
freed from any chance of a surviving heir laying claim to their kingdoms or trying to reunited Alexanders empire.5 Graham Shipley, in his text The Greek World After Alexander, 323-330
B.C., indicates that-ultimately- Alexanders empire was divided into three principal regions: Macedonia, which includes the Greek peninsula; Egypt and Asia.6 Macedonia was ruled by the Antigonic monarchs; Egypt by the
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