Why are the Islamic States viewed as the successors of the Empire of Alexander the Great by the majority?

Question

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Answer 1

He united that whole region from Turkey to Afghanistan, which had not been done before. As these empires morphed into smaller tribal based states, it is historically accurate to trace the timeline from Alexander to Islamic states. This however forgets that most of the empire he conquered was originally part of the Persian empire.

Answer 2

Sorry, but I don't agree about 'the majority' thing. Alexander's empire gave rise to a series of 'Hellenized' states that were shortly after taken over by the Romans (Egypt, Syria, Turkey etc). Further East the local inhabitants pretty much regained control of their own territories, but there was a enduring legacy of a common currency, a common 'second language' and substantial trade links. This trade made the Arabs wealthy and you could say 'fuelled' the expansion of Islam to some degree. Certainly the 'tradition' of trade established by Alexander was built on by the Arabs (massively).

But between Alexander and Islam you'd have to acknowledge the Roman (and I am including the Byzantine Empire), and you'd also have to note that Islam went much further than Alexander (Spain to Indonesia), and established very quickly a much more powerful empire that was not just based on military superiority, but also incredible wealth - both material and cultural.

My feeling is that the Islamic world doesn't have to say it is a 'successor' to anyone's empire, because it basically exceeded everything that went before and was only subsequently equalled (briefly) by the Mongols, and of course by the British Empire in the 1800's.

Answer 3

Alexander was born in Macedonia Greece he was the greatest victorious army commander ever lived because he managed to unite an empire that extended from Greece to India.and that's written history.