HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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it became a famous empire
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it was taken over
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it was divided among his generals
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -After Alexander died in 323 B.C., his generals (known as the Diadochoi) divided his conquered lands amongst themselves. Soon, those fragments of the Alexandrian empire had become three powerful dynasties: the Seleucids of Syria and Persia, the Ptolemies of Egypt and the Antigonids of Greece and Macedonia.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Macedonian generals carved the empire up after Alexander’s death (323 BC); these were the successors (the Diadochi), founders of states and dynasties-notably Antipater, Perdiccas, Ptolemy I, Seleucus I, Antigonus I, and Lysimachus.
Detailed explanation-5: -SELEUCIDS AND THE DIVISION OF ALEXANDER’S EMPIRE AFTER HIS DEATH. Romans Take On Antiochus III, Ruler of Syria and the Seleucid Empire.