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advised to retreat to the Hellenic                                                                                           was poisoning that was typical of



            empire that he had acquired.                                                                                                 Macedonian politics during the time.




            Although the riches of  the Persian                                                                                          Whatever the culprit, the Hellenic



            empire that he acquired had helped                                                                                           empire was shattered after the death



            with the growth of  the economy                                                                                              of  Alexander. The empire split




            back home, Macedonian war efforts                                                                                            into four different parts that were



            were stretched, and there were not                                                                                           led by the generals of  Alexander's



            enough men to fuel any further                                                                                               army. Egypt was ruled by Ptolemy,




            conquests. Alexander would take                                                                                              Mesopotamia by Seleucus, Anatolia,



            care of  his new empire for only a                                                                                           which is the southern coasts of




            short time after his untimely death.                                                                                         Turkey by the Attalid dynasty, and



            Many think that his death was                                                                                                Antigonus ruling Macedon. The




            partially because the loss of  a close                                                                                       dividing of  the empire was facilitated



            friend, while others thought that it                                                                                         by the fighting over territory by the
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