The Ancient Greece was divided in city-states that were independent from each other. However they would form an ally if they had a common enemy but when they didn’t they fought against each other.
The Persian Empire reached its apogee in the XV century BC. The Persians already dominated the orient and wanted to reach Greece in the V century BC. To stop the Persians, the Greco-Persian wars started with the ally of the cities of Greece. These wars were generally motivated by the maritime commerce.
In the III century BC the Macedonians reached their military expender with Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the great. Alexander started expeditions …show more content…
With very few men he managed to consolidate the territories that he conquered. The Persian Empire crumbles in the face of advance of the troupes of Alexander.
In very few time he managed to have a vast territory. As he did not have time to apply his traditions and culture what he did is maintained the Persian administration made by Dario in some territories. Alexander maintained Dario’s provinces, called Sapras. He changed the rulers by his generals but since they did not have enough men of his own, the body of administration was formed by the Persians that were already there, maintaining the same structure and the same government system.
Regarding the political orientation he tried to introduce some new aspects as necessity to maintain the conquered territories. He imposed the Greek language and favoured the mix marriage between conquered and conquerors to encourage the rapprochement between both people. This is how Alexander’s Empire differed from the others, as he did not have enough people, he allowed the Persians to be part of the new Empire instead of disposing of them. Alexander was the clear example of rapprochement; he married Roxana, a Persian