Megas, Chapter 5, Alexander met Darius at Gaugamela, starting strong, Macedon's line refused both flanks of the Persian army. Not to be outdone, thhe Javelineers and Archers destroyed chariots who tried to close in. However, the Persians eventually broke through Alexander's line and now Alexander had 2 options, capture Darius or save his left flank. Alexander helped his left, even though Darius escaped more satraps joinedd Alexander, the Persian Empire would be dead not long after this. As for Darius, the Satrap, Bessus, kiled him, Macedon continued east into India, crossing the Indus, this was monumental achievement for Alexander, seeing as, in his mind, he was the first to cross the Indus since Dionysus. Alexander's soldiers, after fighting Porus at the Hydaspes, forced Alexander to let them go home, Alexander went to Babylon, he would live there for the rest of his life, he died of a fever or some kind of poisoning, when his generals asked who should succeed him he replied "The Strongest"

Therefore, his Diadochi, or, Successors, Seleukos, Antigonos, Lysimachos, Kassandros, Ptolemaios, would divide his empire, spreading Greek culture agrees the Middle East.

-Manticore