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What were the greatest causes of alexander the greats downfall

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He might have contracted some tropical disease such as Malaria during his time in India, which might have proved fatal for his body, weakened by wounds during war and alcohol. His march through the Gedrosian desert, far away from water sources is what utterly 'destroyed' him.

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