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Alexander The Great stayed in Persia because it was a place in which he wanted to conquer. Explorers in general either want to find things (Christopher Columbus) or they want to conquer as much land as possible (Alexander The Great).

In the end, everyone has their own reasons for exploration whether it be money, faith, curiosity or other faction

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Alexander wanted to bring Macedonians and Persians to create the ultimate race by his own doing. He decided to hold a mass wedding and ordered his Macedonian Officers to marry Persian Princesses. Many refused in which he took the action of kicking his Macedonian Officers and bringing in Persians. However some did decide to marry and had children.

Alexander left behind his legacy, fortune, and land that he conquered. When his horse died, he named a city he conquered the name of his horse.

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Alexander The Great was an explorer/leader of the Macedonian Empire from 336 B.C. to 323 B.C.

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Why was Alexander The Great an explorer? 

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Why was Alexander The Great an explorer? 

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Alexander the Great was en explorer because of his want to take over and conquer other lands.

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What happened when Alexander arrived to a new land?

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What happened when Alexander arrived to a new land?

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When Alexander arrived to Persia, there was already conflict in the Empire. The citizens revolted and killed the King of Persia. That's when Alexander stepped in and became the new king.

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Quote #1 from Quintus Curtius: “Possibly, Lord, you may not be pleased with my telling you the truth; but if I don’t do it now it will be too late afterwards. Gold and purple glitter in every part of your army, which is so very splined that those who have not seen it could have no idea of its magnificence. But the soldiers who make up the Macedonian army, terrible to see and bristling with arms, do not amuse themselves with such idle show. Their only care is to form their battalions in a regular manner and cover themselves closely with their bucklers(shields) and pikes (long spears). Their phalanx is a body of infantry which fights without flinching and keeps so close in it’s that the soldiers and their arms form an impenetrable wall. In a word, every single man among them is so well trained that, at the least signal, they can make every motion of the art of war.”

Quote #2: “But when the Macedonians, who believed that they had already encountered every danger, knew that a fresh war with the most warlike nations of India still remained, they were struck with sudden fear and began again to upbraid the King (Alexander) with mutinous language; that after being compelled to cross the Ganges and the regions beyond it, they had nevertheless not ended but only shifted the war. They were exposed to unconquered nations in order that at the cost of their blood they might open a way for him to the ocean.”

The reason why this matters is because this explains the mentality of the Macedonian empire after Alexander the great took over.