tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post807609665730570418..comments2023-11-02T10:22:20.717-04:00Comments on Mike Anderson's Ancient History Blog: Alexander the Great – What if he had lived?Mike Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072553719998549925noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post-26227042149160973082013-06-24T22:52:32.146-04:002013-06-24T22:52:32.146-04:00Mike
Just found your blog and started following. ...Mike<br /><br />Just found your blog and started following. I am happy to be able to participate!<br /><br />Thank you<br /><br />Fernando BerdeguéSpecialized Exotic Breedershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710362963925382168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post-62060962029193681742013-06-19T15:18:42.105-04:002013-06-19T15:18:42.105-04:00Specialized,
I appreciate your well thought out c...Specialized,<br /><br />I appreciate your well thought out comment. You are certainly correct about expansion momentum having its limits as we have seen this hundreds of times in history. Alexander can reasonably be compared to the entrepreneur who could build but not run. But what a builder!Mike Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02072553719998549925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post-53471245680849662792013-06-19T14:41:49.939-04:002013-06-19T14:41:49.939-04:00Certainly, as Toynbee states in his historical pha...Certainly, as Toynbee states in his historical phantasy, Alexander would have continue with his conquering venture. As we all know, he was a determined and ambitious person, but most of all, he was also enrolled in a vicious circle created by the positive outcomes of his military campaign, which enriched his believes of being unstoppable and also fed his growing ambition. In contrast to his army soldiers, even though that it is true that he endured the same torments as they did, naturally they lagged of vision and ruling class self-commitments that could push them further. Hence, they all wanted to turn back to Macedon.<br />Given this, Alexander would have had to go back for a certain period of time to Pella, Macedon, in order to restructure what would have been a second expedition; but to resolve other political issues that where originating behind his back.<br /> It is always very difficult to handle an exponential expansion of any nature, not impossible, difficult soever. Thus that rhythm of expanding his domains would have caught him eventually if he hadn’t restructured.<br />Specialized Exotic Breedershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710362963925382168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post-78635578666038679522013-03-21T11:39:48.169-04:002013-03-21T11:39:48.169-04:00Alexander the Great achieved a lot in his 12 year ...Alexander the Great achieved a lot in his 12 year reign. Unfortunately he died young. If he was alive he would have tried to conquer more and history would have been different.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com