The Perdiccas Years, 323–320 BC Bio25 Praise for the British Museum

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The Perdiccas Years, 323–320 BC Bio25 Praise for the British MuseumOn 11 June 323 BC in Babylon, Alexander the Great breathed his last. He left one of the largest empires the world had seen, stretching from Greece to the Punjab. Alexander the Greats death in Babylon that fateful day in June 323 BC triggered an unprecedented crisis. Within a couple of days, Macedonian blood had stained the walls of the chamber in which he died. Within a couple of weeks, Babylon had witnessed the first siege of the post Alexander age.