@19EHF The Persian empire consisted of city states that paid taxes to whatever military power controlled the vast plains surrounding them, they would have not viewed it as an occupation but a change of management and after a few years of rule they may have viewed Alexander as a step up compared to Darius since he would have had to lower taxes and not interfere with their culture and customs due to his political disadvantage being a foreigner, the conquest also opened up trade a bit.
@zilbiol Though you should note the surviving Zoroastrians tell a different story of Alexander, they claim that he tried to suppress their religion (the religion of the Persian Kings) and managed to destroy a great deal of their holy texts.
Also he had pretty much lain waste to all opposition, the Persians weren't in a strong position to resist him lest they risk a Persian Thebes response from the gloried conqueror.
Note: In the footsteps of Alexander goes into more detail about this.
@19EHF Babylon flourished for a short while until Alexander's death then suffered civil war as it was fought over by his generals and then the city's population were transported to the new capital Seleucia of the successor state the Seleucid Empire. Babylon thus falls pretty much into obscurity thereafter being later incorporated into the Parthian Empire and then the Arab conquests.
So I would say Alexander's conquest did not end well for Babylon.
@19EHF The Chaldeans, i.e the Babylonians were revolting every now & then against the Persian rule, (e.g the revolts of King Nebuchednezzar IV, V & VI), becoz the capital of Persia was being shifted to Persepolis & Susa.
Alexander, however, had already recognized their city by placing it as the capital of his newly forged empire, so they really did see him as a liberator.
Btw, Cyrus the great did the same 200 yrs earlier when he made Babylon his capital & he also was hailed as a liberator
man babylon is even better compared to modern culture, and beauty.
thinker6236 4 weeks ago
even after all the pussy presented before him, he still remained an out and out arsebandit till the end..
HornyDude83 4 weeks ago
the young princess surved joseph Stalin
mrmadloveable 1 month ago
5:25 - 5:28 Sandor Clegaaaaanee!!
IrinaFay18 1 month ago
Im curious. Did the Babylonians ever accept or love Alexander or did he just come off as a tyrant to them the same way the French viewed Hitler?
19EHF 5 months ago
@19EHF The Persian empire consisted of city states that paid taxes to whatever military power controlled the vast plains surrounding them, they would have not viewed it as an occupation but a change of management and after a few years of rule they may have viewed Alexander as a step up compared to Darius since he would have had to lower taxes and not interfere with their culture and customs due to his political disadvantage being a foreigner, the conquest also opened up trade a bit.
zilbiol 4 months ago
@zilbiol Though you should note the surviving Zoroastrians tell a different story of Alexander, they claim that he tried to suppress their religion (the religion of the Persian Kings) and managed to destroy a great deal of their holy texts.
Also he had pretty much lain waste to all opposition, the Persians weren't in a strong position to resist him lest they risk a Persian Thebes response from the gloried conqueror.
Note: In the footsteps of Alexander goes into more detail about this.
ImaginedWriter 4 months ago
@19EHF Babylon flourished for a short while until Alexander's death then suffered civil war as it was fought over by his generals and then the city's population were transported to the new capital Seleucia of the successor state the Seleucid Empire. Babylon thus falls pretty much into obscurity thereafter being later incorporated into the Parthian Empire and then the Arab conquests.
So I would say Alexander's conquest did not end well for Babylon.
ImaginedWriter 4 months ago
@19EHF The Chaldeans, i.e the Babylonians were revolting every now & then against the Persian rule, (e.g the revolts of King Nebuchednezzar IV, V & VI), becoz the capital of Persia was being shifted to Persepolis & Susa.
Alexander, however, had already recognized their city by placing it as the capital of his newly forged empire, so they really did see him as a liberator.
Btw, Cyrus the great did the same 200 yrs earlier when he made Babylon his capital & he also was hailed as a liberator
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