Describe the conquest of Alexander the great and analyze the legacy of his empire.
Describe the conquest of Alexander the great and analyze the legacy of his empire. Alexander, the mighty leader of the Greek empire, first secured the Balkan Peninsula and then went on to cross the Hellespont. He then faced the Persian forces and took Miletus and Halicarnassus as he went ahead. Giving the leadership to a united Greece, he then entered North Syria where he fought the battle of Issus to defeat Darius III. Having dreamt of the conquest of the entire Persian Empire, he reduced Gaza and Tyre and took full authority of Syria in 332. Then he ...