Deviating from the topic, but my pet peeve is that Alex was not quite so great. He inherited a strong army, a stable bureaucracy and organization from his father, Philip the Great of Macedon (now THAT guy really shook up things). And, he was lucky that the Persian Empire was ruled by a weak king (remember at that time the Persians ruled over all of what is now Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kirghizia, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, the UAE and parts of India, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman (or had influences in these places). Alex just toppled the weak king and everyone came to his side.
Yes, but Alexander engaged his life, made decisions and made a living, so to speak. He just didn’t sit back and moan about the stress and the responsibility...and play video games.