Weddings Were Never About the Couples

In 324 BCE, Alexander conquered the Achaemenid Empire.

However, as Genghis Khan would note centuries later, it is always harder to rule than it is to conquer.

So Alexander enacted a plan to join Macedonians and Persians.

He married a Persian, and ensured many of his officers did the same thing- that their offspring would represent the melding of their civilizations.

Alexander had many talents, but one of them was certainly a touch for unification.