Week #4b- Daily #7- What do you think should have been done after Alexander's death?

After Alexander the Great’s death, the Macedonians should have assigned a leader to take Alexander’s authority. He did not leave an heir or successor because he thought he was immortal. He thought he could never die. His myths became real life to him. He started convincing himself that he was the real Son of Zeus. It is tragic to find out what happened after Alexander’s death. When he died, men fought over his position for the empire. Everything that Alexander the Great worked for fell to different pieces. He conquered the Persian Empire and made everything his, but when he died, everything changed. Bits of his empire transformed into many different territories. If all of the Macedonian generals did not fight over Alexander’s position and they assigned a man to take his spot, they could still have the huge Macedonian Empire. Instead, the four chief generals had gotten different parts of the empire. Ptolemy ruled Egypt in the southern part of the empire in 321 BC. Cassander took over the government in Macedonia in the western part in 317 BC. In 311 BC, Seleucus ruled Babylon and Syria in the eastern part of the empire, and in 306 BC, Antigonus took over the Asia Minor in the northern part. Then Antigonus got killed in battle in 301 BC, so he was succeeded by Lysimachus. Even Alexander’s family came to a dreadful end. Everyone in his family died within fifteen years after his death. The whole empire should have voted on a fair and worthy leader to take Alexander’s position.