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4. Political acumen



                                                                                                                                         Alexander the Great was not only




                                                                                                                                         proficient in conquest, but also was



                                                                                                                                         able to rule a cohesive empire despite



                                                                                                                                         the large amounts of  disparity in




                                                                                                                                         race, culture and religion within the



                                                                                                                                         empire. He went to great lengths to




            generals, called the Diadochi. The                                                                                           become assimilated within the local



            fact that they all failed to unify the                                                                                       culture, and by doing this, he enabled



            empire shows as a testament to how                                                                                           each region to be a part of  the




            Alexander the Great was skillful not                                                                                         Hellenic empire that encompassed



            only in military expansion, but also                                                                                         both the European and Asian




            in the ruling of  his new empire.                                                                                            cultures to form a new culture.



                                                                                                                                         Alexander tried to incorporate
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