Quote Originally Posted by fraoula View Post
Of course they were not penetrated by Alexander. I said "conquered" because they accepted Alexander as their conqueror-liberator pretty much like the Judeans or the Egyptians.
i said penetrated for a reason for that would involve a deeper degree of influence. he did not penetrate into Armenia either, it was ruled by proxy and "conquered" only on paper, so to speak. local dynasts remain in power and no foreign garrisons were stationed etc. that in its turn did not have the same after effect as we can observe in Persia itself were large Greek migration occured and communities intyermingled and cultures influenced each other to a considerable degree and so on and so forth.