Question: What do you think should have been done after Alexander's death?
After Alexander the Great's death, instead of having his generals fighting over who was the rightful heir to his kingdom, somebody should of stepped up an assumed complete control. Than his army could of continued conquering many more countries. Instead when alaxander the great died he left no plan to be done after his death and there was nobody to command everyone. Each general fought over who was the rightful next in command and slowly the army faded and died out. It would of been easier if Alexander had left a son or had picked his favorite general to continue. ALexander however left no heir, there are many different theories for why that is. First, Alaxander thought he was a god and was immmortal and that he would never died. He had survived many great battles and received many battle wounds but could just not be killed. However he ended up dying in his bed over having a bad fever. another theroy is that alaxnader simply didnt want an heir and wanted his kingdom to stay his and not have someone else take credit and thrive off his accomplishments. Alaxander was one of the youngest and greatest rulers of his time. Even though his kingdom died out from under his his name is still remebered today and one of the greatest military powers.
The last two sentences are unnecessary. Concentrate on the important stuff: why didn't Alexander leave a will? Why didn't he work out what was to happen in the event of his death? After all, he did put himself in harm's way on a regular basis. Did he have a death wish? Did he think he was immortal? Or did he want his generals to fight over his empire so that no one was ever as strong as he himself?
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