HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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His son became emperor
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His wife ruled as Queen of Greece
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It collapsed and was conquered by the Persian Empire
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It was divided amongst 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: -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 Battle of Ipsus (301 BC) The Battle of Ipsus at the end of the Fourth War of the Diadochi finalized the breakup of the unified Empire of Alexander.