15.Twenty years after Alexander's death, it was clear that his empire would never be reconstituted, and for the next three hundred years the Middle East would be ruled by many cultured but competitive Greek-speaking kings and dynasties.
亚历山大死后二十年,帝国已彻底分崩离析, 无法重拾往日荣光。接下来的三百年内,中东地区由数位说希腊语的国王统治过,他们治下的王朝文明发达,但彼此竞争激烈。