Western Civilization I / Unit 5 WC1 0408 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Ruling as the Great King: Marriages, Satrapies, Babylon
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The idea
Alexander kept the satrapies, enlisted Persian soldiers, honored Darius's family, and married his officers to Persian noblewomen in mass ceremonies to fuse the two peoples. Babylon became his capital. His goal was to be the next Great King.
In practice
The Persian system of governance taken over whole.
Where people slip
The Macedonians resented it. Fusion was Alexander's policy, not his army's.
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