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What if there just was no Alexander The Great? He dies young, and whoever succeeds Philip II just... isn't Alexander.

I'm sure Macedon would be a strong power on its own, with or without him, but would it have the drive and ability to conquer Persia without him?

More to the point, what if Macedon just fails in conquering Persia? Perhaps the conquest stops on its tracks on Anatolia, or the Greeks revolt against Macedon and keep it occuppied.

How does the Ancient World develop in the centuries after, without an Hellenistic Age?

How long do the Achaeminids survive?

Cultural butterflies?
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