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Alexander the Great
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Alexander the Great had taken up the fight
against the crumbling Persian Empire after the death of his father, Philip II
of Macedonia. In 332 B.C., the victorious Macedonian troops marched into Egypt
Under Alexander, Egypt became part of that
larger Mediterranean realm of Greek culture called the Hellenistic - Greek -
world
He established the city of Alexandria and made
it the capital of Egypt under the Greek rule. Before his death, Alexander had
appointed his favourite general, Ptolemy Soter, to govern Egypt. Alexander died
of illness in Babylon in 323 B.C. at the age of 30. With Alexander’s death, his
huge empire began to break up.
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