Alexanders empire

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 …

…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.