Diadochi

Perdiccas had Meleager arrested and murdered and took full control. The Generals of Alexander who supported Perdiccas were given parts of the Empire in the partition of Babylon. This sparked later wars between them which are known as the wars of the Diadochi (which means “successors”). Ten years earlier in 333 BC Alexander conquered Egypt and was regarded by the people as a liberator or a deliverer. At this time he also established Alexandria which became the capital of Egypt for many years. Alexander

In the history of the world there has never been a teenager that matched the successes Alexander the Great achieved. He was, without a doubt, the most successful general and conqueror that the world has ever seen. No man ever matched his strength and courage on the battlefield nor did anyone match his leadership abilities. Men like Alexander the Great did not come around often, but when they did, their actions and exploits shocked the world and changed every aspect of life as it once was. Alexander

In regards to the question of how long it took for the successors of Alexander to express royal ambition, I will be discussing how long it took, in what ways and whether or not any of them were intent on the maintaining of the empire as a whole, to this I will be looking at Ptolemy, Perdiccas and Eumenes. After Alexander’s death, there was a political vacuum, this vacuum was temporarily filled due to the initial settlement in Babylon where they decided that the most important of the Friends and

The Hellenistic Age was a period of ancient Greece lasting between 323 B.C after the death of Alexander the Great and 30 B.C the beginning of the Roman Empire. Alexander was determined to conquer unknown lands and his expedition provided a bridge between city-states and the Greek Hellenistic World. The Hellenistic World is what resulted from the disintegrated empire that came short after Alexanders death. Four major Hellenistic kingdoms emerged from the successors of Alexander. The Greeks and easterners

All of these traditions in ancient Athenian and Egyptian cultures were challenged during the Ptolemaic Dynasty when Athenian and Egyptian cultures met for the first time. This final dynasty of independent Egypt started when Alexander the Great conquered Egypt and made Alexandria the capital. Ptolemy and his descendants ruled throughout this era from 330 BCE to 30 BCE (Bowman 1986, 21-54). This combining of various aspects of both cultures changed the roles of women in government, politics, inheritance

have lived happily and been successful without trying to expand. However, tension over who was Alexander’s true heir, and attempts to recreate his empire interrupted the would-be-peace. Antigonus and Demetrius had intentions of conquering the other Diadochi and claiming their land, so they engaged them in several key battles. Their plan ultimately failed because even though the others wanted to be sole rulers at first, they could agree that they weren’t to be engulfed by the Antigonids. Pyrrhus saw

happen to the kingdom next. The old commanders decided to divide the kingdom amongst themselves. As a result of the divide they fought many different wars for the next three decades called the Wars of the Diadochi. They did this in attempt to restore the broken kingdom. The first of the Diadochi wars started when

in the region as his generals (the Diadochi) attempted to maintain control of the fragmented empire. Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian general who ruled in Egypt, defeated general Antigonus in 301 B.C.E, and as a result was given control of the region of Palestine at the agreement of the Diadochi. Nevertheless, conflict arose between Ptolemy I Soter and Seleucus I Nicator since the latter, a post-Alexander ruler of Syria, claimed the agreement between the Diadochi and Ptolemy regarding Palestine was

* The Greek god Zeus (3rd. century BC. and the Indian god Manou-Maisei (dates from circa 100 CE), who came to the Earth illegally and brought false information into the houses of people, the information that stopped human life on Earth, are brought before the court! *Alexander the Great was a King of the Ancient Greek (356 BC.), Alexander broke the power of Persia in a series of decisive battles, most notably the battles of Issus and Gaugamela. He subsequently overthrew

Alexander the Great is dead. In his life time, his Macedonian Kingdom was the biggest empire humanity had seen up at that time. With his death however, this empire would never be the same as many family and friends became worst enemies. These are the war of his successors. On June 11 323 B.C., Alexander the Great passed away in Babylon. He had a left a formidable empire, stretching from Greece to India. Yet its fate was far from certain. Alexander’s only living child was deemed illegitimate. His