i took a long time very well researched 'ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE The ancient Kingdom of Macedonia, situated in the north of modern Greece, was established by Perdiccas I about 640 B.C. Perdiccas was a Dorian, although the Macedonian tribes included Thracian and Illyrian elements. Originally a semibarbarous and fragmented power, Macedon became tributary to Persia under the Persian kings Darius I and Xerxes I and thereafter struggled to maintain itself against Thracians and other barbarians and …showed first 75 words of 1913 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1913 total…a battle. Usually he knew more of the terrain than the natives did. In his epic march across Asia, he pulled a vast tide of humanity in his wake, not only soldier's but traders, administrators, and ordinary settlers. He vastly broadened the ancient worlds horizons, mixing races and cultures, carrying civilization into a new, more cosmopolitan age. Although Alexander's empire fragmented following his death, his legacy survived in the flourshing Hellenistic kingdoms of Asia Minor.