Daily Question, "What do you think should have been done after Alexander's death?"

        On June 10 or 11, 323 BC, Alexander the Great died of a mysterious illness in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon. One theory is that he died of a relapse of malaria he got three years earlier. Alexander was just about to turn 33 years of age too. After Alexander the Great died there was one major problem; he didn’t have any successors to take over the empire after he died. Some of the candidates were his top Macedonian generals and they fought each other over a share of Alexander the Great’s vast empire. The territories they shared were mainly Egypt and Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor and mainland Greece. Some of these territories changed from time to time, and the rulers of the territories also changed. Soon Alexander’s empire started to lose power and fall apart. As this was happening the Romans saw Alexander the Great’s empire fall apart and took advantage, and started taking over the empire gradually. After Alexander’s death, they probably should have adapted a new government like a democracy from Athens. With the democracy, they could have voted for an appropriate successor for Alexander instead of just winging it and just splitting the empire into to different territories. In my opinion, many things could have gone wrong with having different leaders making one big empire. With an empire like this set up, the territories could have had a civil war and could have fought against each other, and the empire would have destroyed itself. Overall, I think they should have voted on an a new successor and establish a stable and organized government.