The significance of the personality of the Macedonian, the reasons for the collapse of his empire.

Thanks to his ambitious and strong nature, Alexander the Great was able to conquer half of the known civilized world in the 4th century BC. True, after his death, the empire, quickly created on the ruins of the old state, could not hold out for a long time without military operations. In some regions, the population was eager to free itself, in others, its military leaders began a war with each other. As a result, very soon there was a split of Alexander’s empire into smaller states. The most powerful of these was the Seleucid kingdom with its capital in Babylon.