Why??

Italy in 323BC looked more like the bottom picture than the top one.

No it didn't. It might not have been as urbanized as the top in the late 4th century but it sure as hell wasn't merely a few hamlets or villages strung together.

Spain was a source of tin, a very valuable metal, and the gateway to north European trade.

nice try moro

I want to know if you got any images that represent rome at the time I would like to see-

I thought he wanted to, but never got around to it before he died. It was phase 2.

The plan was to keep conquering east past Persia till they hit the edge of the continent after punching through India, then sail back to Greece with all the booty. Party for a while and consolidate power, then head out again. Problem was he got stalled out in India, and his world maps were completely wrong.

t. not knower

>western empires in 300 BC

There was nothing of value in the West. Also the initial plan was likely just a punative strike against Persia. Hellas and persia have had a long standing beef, and this was just the next stage. I doubt they seriously thought they'd actually conquor the damn thing.

how to spot a geology brainlet

note: italia was largely barren of gold (note the alps were considered part of gaul for a long time) and Rome was surrounded by gold producing regions from east to west

the resource curse is real

Alexander's conquest reminds me a lot of the first crusade.

Alexander aimed to conquer Carthage after he was done with the east

He feared the western warrior.

He actually wanted to, and was planning to after he returned from India, but he didn't get the chance because he died. People claiming otherwise are retards

According to Oliver Stone, his master plan was to get to the sea on the other side of India and sail around through the Meditteranea

And how much of that was known to Alexander in 340 BC?

How much of that had anything resembling national infrastructure (roads, ports, cities, laws etc) compared to the east?

How much treasure would the towns there have? Resources in the ground are resources that are useless unless you're willing to wait years to get them out and spend huge amounts of money to do so.

And how many tiny little tribes would he have to split his army to continuously fight? Remember Caesar in Gaul having to split his legions up just to try and keep some semblance of peace.

>How to spot a history brainlet

Lol

Italy was batten of gold but Sardinia was rich in silver (it was also known as the silver isle), copper and lead. Central Italy was rich in iron

West:

Carthage, one of The biggest cities in The world

Syracuse, Greek city bigger than Athens

Greek magna Graecian city states in South Italy

Etrurian city states

Phoenician cities in Tunisia, Sardinia West Sicily, Andalusia and Morocco

Venetian city states

Because the infrastructure in the west couldn't have supported his troops.

Angry, hungry troops would have been easy prey for indigenous barbarians.

West: inhabited by whites, mean IQ 105

East: inhabited by browns, mean IQ: 75

Gee, I wonder why...

Looooooooool, pushing that Marxist narrative Mr.Shekelstein?

Europe had ports since before the Phoenicians, little tribes??

Etruscan cities with 40,000 inhabitants?? Syracuse with 300,000??

Yes and how many of those gold deposits are in Italia or Sicily.

>ITT: Idiotic arguments about wealth and resources.

Because the fucking Greeks have longed to achieve heroic feats in the East. Namely: fighting what they thought of as the biggest Empire at the time and achieving not just wealth but fame. In addition there was the talk of existential threat of the "Eastern Barbarians" on Hellenic way of life.

Fighting shit-tribes like the Celts didn't appeal to them. Nobody in the west posed any threat nor any glory or wealth could be gained there. Macedonian Campaigns amongst the Thracians and Celts was mere housekeeping t to secure their Northern borders.

>a bustling mining industry didn't exist throughout Europe since pre-history
t.brainlet

>And how much of that was known to Alexander in 340 BC?

grasping at straws it doesn't take a genius to figure out where the gold washes downstream from

Not much but many were in Spain which had cities and Sardinia was full of silver

>venetian city states

What

The ancient Veneti, retard

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriatic_Veneti

They had written language and cities, their horses were so good that Greeks used them for their games.

persia was the etenral enemy and also a direct thread
also theres more glory in defeating the greatest empire known to mankind

Greatest?
You are from iran, if they would conquered all of central asia and tarim basin states

greatest empire known to the greeks until that time
better?

But "rich" compared to Mesopotamia and India? Come on

>India

lol Carthage was much more civilized than Indians

he feared the Albanian warrior