As a humble merchant traveling through the times after the Diadochi Wars; I have witnessed the rise and fall of self-proclaimed emperors, the melding and acceptance of multiple religions, and with gleamed wide eyes beheld the amazement of the advancement of architecture and engineering. My lord Alexander would cringe and perhaps die twice at the sight of his generals fighting for scraps of his crippled empire. When Alexander died many wars were started over who should rule as the successor of his empire. In the end, everything was split: Lysimachus took Thrace and much of Asia Minor, Cassander controlled Macedonia and Greece, Ptolemy the first ruled Egypt, Palestine, Cilicia, Petra, and Cyprus. Additionally, Seleucus I Nicator ruled the remainder of Asia and founded the Seleucid Empire which was comprised of Mesopotamia, the Levant, Persia, and part of India.[1] The wars ravaged my home of inland Alexandria, and I was forced further outland towards the ocean for peaceful trade. Once these lands were prosperous with trade and life, now with the death of Alexander, his generals hassle the common folk on which proclaimed ruler they swear allegiance too, and the land is plagued with war and blood. Nay, I shall leave these lands for my true Lord is dead. It has been decades since I have last seen the ocean, but I must go back like my Greek descendants and continue my trade at sea with the Greeks and Egyptians for my lively hood depends on it. Now then I shall depart for the port of Alexandria where Ptolemy the Macedonian claims to be Pharaoh.

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[1] Mark, J, Joshua (01 November 2018), The Hellenistic World: The World of Alexander the Great, Accessed November 14th, 2021, from The Hellenistic World: The World of Alexander the Great - World History Encyclopedia