WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -When he was asked who should succeed him, Alexander said, “the strongest”, which answer led to his empire being divided between four of his generals: Cassander, Ptolemy, Antigonus, and Seleucus (known as the Diadochi or ‘successors’).

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Alexander the Great’s four generals who divided his empire were Ptolemy, Cassander, Seleucus, and Antigones. When Alexander the Great died suddenly at 33, he left no clear successor and his four generals assumed control of different regions of his empire.

Detailed explanation-3: -The four kingdoms that emerged following Alexander the Great’s death were Ptolemaic Egypt, Seleucid Mesopotamia and Central Asia, Attalid Anatolia, and Antegonid Macedon.

Detailed explanation-4: -Alexander’s death was sudden and his empire disintegrated into a 40-year period of war and chaos in 321 BCE. The Hellenistic world eventually settled into four stable power blocks: the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, the Seleucid Empire in the east, the Kingdom of Pergamon in Asia Minor, and Macedon.

Detailed explanation-5: -Alexander the Great was one of the greatest military strategists and leaders in world history. He was also ruthless, dictatorial, and ambitious to the point of regarding himself as divine. His conquests of the Mediterranean states, the Persian empire, and parts of India spread Hellenistic culture across these regions.