the vast lands of Persia, Babylonia and Syria for himself. One of Alexander's most worthy and capable generals, a man called Seleucus, took the center of the former Persian empire. Soon, his generals divided the lands amongst themselves and bloody wars for supremacy began. However, at the early age of 33 years the famous man died and left his young empire for other people to fight over. On the ruins of that kingdom, he founded his own. In the fourth century BC, the Macedonian king Alexander, often called 'Megas' (Greek for 'the Great'), managed to beat and destroy the Achaemenid Persian Empire which ranged from the deserts of Africa to the rivers of India. Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Empire.
