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A period of cultural diffusion between Greece and the Near East.First, his converting it into an empire of his own, then after his early death, his generals carved it up and established kingdoms of their own which we today call the Hellenistic kingdoms.
As he died early, his generals split the empire amongst them, creating several kingdoms, which, after some fighting, settled down to Macedonia, Egypt, Syria and Pergamon.
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He established over 70 Greek-style city-states to act as a model for a Greek-style culture (modestly naming half of them Alexandria after himself), He married his senior soldiers to Persian women in an attempt to produce a melded race. He inducted Persian youth into the army. He promoted use of Greek language. However his early death limited these efforts. His generals divided the empire into kingdoms of their own. These kingdoms used Greek ways only in the upper class. The remainder of the populations continued on their customary cultures, customs, religions and languages, and as other peoples invaded from the east, and Rome moved in from the west, the area of residual influence progressively shrank. His dream faded.
It stretched from Libya to Central Asia. It sought to bring security, stability and prosperity to its diverse peoples.