Alexander The Great

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incomparable in war and in administration and enabled them as rulers of the so-called Hellenistic kingdoms to control the greater part of the civilised world for a century or more". He believed in Homonoia and wanted all peoples to be united as one. He was able to gain the respect of the people he had just conquered and as a result, he had a multi-racial army. His ability to lead an army of such a diverse nature has never been rivalled. He integrated all of the people he conquered, including all of Asia, into one empire. "As his power extended, he did not introduce European administrators at a level which would inhibit native self-rule...; instead he continued native administrators in office and raised the best of them to the highest level in civil affairs by appointing them as his immediate deputies in the post of satrap..."
Alexander became king at the age of twenty and he died when he was thirty-three; he had a thirteen year reign. For at least the last three years, he ...

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