His remarks such as, "All mortals should live like one, united and peacefully working towards the common good. You should regard the whole world as your country, a country where the best govern, with common laws and no racial distinction. I do not separate people, as many narrow minded others do. I am not interested in the origin or race of citizens; I only distinguish them on the basis of their virtue. For my part, I consider all, whether they be white or black, equal [Lahanas, 2006]" make us admire the man even more as to rule over subjects belonging to different nationalities require the kind of treatment so ably demonstrated by Alexander the Great in this famous quote.

Alexander the Greats' achievement in controlling huge armies, establishing his rule on the conquered lands and ruling the people with

Alexander's empire broke into several states as discussed above but this did not end the Greek influence from the new kingdoms. These huge kingdoms were all separate but viable Greek states. Greek culture and language and philosophy and science continued to flourish in these kingdoms creating the culture of the Hellenistic period.

The Last Plans therefore appear to be genuine. It is possible that parts of the plan relating to power distribution were modified to suit the power struggle after Alexander.

The Greek world after Alexander was seen as a period of decline by most historians. Even Greek historians looked for inspiration from the classic Greek period and not to the Hellenistic period. The classical literature was valued and preserved while the post Alexandrian literature generally was not preserved with the same commitment. Hellenistic history was considered to be of lesser importance than the Classic Greek or Roman history well into the 19th Century. Johann Gustav Droyson is credited with bringing Hellenistic period to life. He believed that Hellenistic period allowed amalgamation of Oriental and Greek culture which helped spread of Christianity.

In India, Alexander fought the armies of Porus in the Punjab in 326 BC. It is said that after defeating Porus Alexander asked him, how he wished to be treated. 'Like a king,' Porus replied. Alexander liked the reply and allowed Porus to remain the king of the area. Controlling population through a local ruler would have been much easier for Alexander and the myth he created lives on to this day.

The Alexandrian empire broke into pieces but the Macedonian kingdoms of Egypt, Syria and Persia continued to flourish and promoted wider trade and learning in the world. Alexandria, Pergamum and Dura became center of learning and art outside the traditional Greek city states [The Columbia Encyclopedia, 2004].

a mix of benevolence and iron hand created affection for him throughout the conquered territories. Alexander died at the very young age of 31 years and his dreams of ruling over the empire he created were not fulfilled.

He wanted to unify his empire and have full control over the territories. The ambitious expenditure plan to build ships and roads were part of this desire. The break-up of Alexander's empire did not allow expenditure on such a grand scale, but if Alexander had lived and the empire had stayed together, it would have been possible to execute the Last Plans.

Alexander's 'Last Plans' have reached us through Diodorus Siculus, who wrote a comprehensive history of the period as Bibliotheca historica in the first century B.C. The original book was in 40 volumes. Only 15 of the volumes survived the scourge of time, parts of the remaining 25 volumes have been recovered. Diodorus was an admirer of Alexander and Diadochi, Alexander successor. Books 18-20 compiled by Diodorus Siculus (Diadorus of Sicily) records the history of Diadochi. In chapter 18.4.1-6 of his Bibliotheca historica (of World history), Diadorus quotes the Last Plans of Alexander. The following were the largest and most remarkable of the plans. (Quote)

Alexander is said to have given his ring, as a mark of succession, to Perdiccas, but in effect Alexander's empire was divided among a host of powerful generals. Perdiccas only had the control of Babylon. Antipetar controlled Macedonia, Ptolemy took control of Egypt. Asian parts of conquered territories were divided between Antigonus and Seleucus. The wars of successors of Alexander's empire were settled at the battle of Ipsus in 301 BC but the empire by then had broken into pieces.

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