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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Much of the territory conquered by the Alexander Great was previously part of which empire?
A
Macedonian
B
Egyptian
C
Persian
D
Athenian
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The wars of Alexander the Great (Greek: ) were a series of conquests that were carried out by Alexander III of Macedon from 336 BC to 323 BC. They began with battles against the Achaemenid Persian Empire, then under the rule of Darius III of Persia.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alexander in Hindsight First, his father was able to unite the Greek city-states, and Alexander destroyed the Persian Empire forever. More importantly, Alexander’s conquests spread Greek culture, also known as Hellenism, across his empire.

Detailed explanation-3: -As Alexander’s death triggered the beginning of the Hellenistic period, most of the territory of the fallen Achaemenid Empire came under the rule of the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Seleucid Empire, both of which had emerged as successors to the Macedonian Empire following the Partition of Triparadisus in 321 BC.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Battle of Issus, in which Alexander the Great secured a decisive victory over Darius III of Persia.

Detailed explanation-5: -In less than a century, they conquered the Medes, Lydians, Neo-Babylonians, and eventually, the Egyptians. At its height in 500 BCE, the population of the Persian Empire was around 50 million.

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