The people that followed him and still governed that land were called Hellenistic rulers. It is important to mention that Alexander was the first person to be title king; he was a symbol of Monarchy and power. So for these reasons is why this period of time is divided in 4 different kingdoms. However, there was a big problem with this separation of powers, and we can notice it after Alexander’s death. “The 20 years following his death saw tortuous struggles between his kin and generals as each attempted to stablish himself as sole successor. The attempts failed, and by about 275 BC there had emerged the three kingdoms to which were to dominate the Mediterranean until Romans came”. The first kingdom was Egypt Ptolemy. He was the successor of Alexander after his death, and he had control over Egypt in which he created a dynasty and it lasted until his famous descendant Cleopatra was defeated by Augustus in 31 BC, but one fact of this kingdom was that before Cleopatra’s defeat, the Ptolemais had lands outside Egypt, in places as Libya, southern Syria, Cyprus, parts of southern Turkey, and the Aegean
The people that followed him and still governed that land were called Hellenistic rulers. It is important to mention that Alexander was the first person to be title king; he was a symbol of Monarchy and power. So for these reasons is why this period of time is divided in 4 different kingdoms. However, there was a big problem with this separation of powers, and we can notice it after Alexander’s death. “The 20 years following his death saw tortuous struggles between his kin and generals as each attempted to stablish himself as sole successor. The attempts failed, and by about 275 BC there had emerged the three kingdoms to which were to dominate the Mediterranean until Romans came”. The first kingdom was Egypt Ptolemy. He was the successor of Alexander after his death, and he had control over Egypt in which he created a dynasty and it lasted until his famous descendant Cleopatra was defeated by Augustus in 31 BC, but one fact of this kingdom was that before Cleopatra’s defeat, the Ptolemais had lands outside Egypt, in places as Libya, southern Syria, Cyprus, parts of southern Turkey, and the Aegean