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  Silvia S.    ·  Follow Ancient history enthusiast In 332 BC, Alexander the Great conquered Egypt and became pharaoh. This was the beginning of the Hellenistic Period of Egyptian history. Egyptians saw him as the person who liberated them from the Persians. Alexander also restored many of the Egyptian temples and even built new monuments dedicated to Egyptian gods. Some of these monuments show him worshipping Amun, who basically would’ve been the Egyptian version of Zeus. After Alexander’s death in Babylon, Ptolemy I became pharaoh and founded the Ptolemaic Dynasty. Since Alexander was Macedonian and not native Egyptian, his cartouche is very phonetic – all of the hieroglyphs used are uniliteral signs, which means that they correspond to a single sound, just like a letter in the alphabet. ©️📸 Louvre Museum https://wondersofthepast.quora.com/

  Alessandro13   MACE Waiting for them was none other than the great king Darius, at the head of over two hundred thousand Persians. That day, both factions knew they had reached the decisive battle. The winner would gain control of the entire Middle East, the loser would lose everything. Alexander placed the brave veteran Parmenion in command of the left wing of the army. He then led the Macedonian elite cavalry towards the right flank, clashing with the Persians. Darius observed his rival's maneuver and located Parmenion as the enemy's weak point, throwing the bulk of his army against him. A multitude of chariots, cavalry and infantry, coming from every corner of the immense Persian Empire, charged against Parmenion's limited troops, ready to wipe out the Greek invaders once and for all. But the elderly Macedonian general was not willing to give up. He had fought for decades alongside Alexander's father, earning the respect of all his soldiers on the field. He therefo...