His political ideologies around civic organization were to allow a city to maintain its normal system of government but to appoint a Macedonian as head of government to ensure that he could trust them. He did his best to minimize the problems. For example, according to Hamilton, "Alexander accepted the request of the appointed satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia, the city was apparently treated no differently from non-Greek cities which had to pay to Alexander the tribute they had previously paid to Persia .” Another example is when he decided to replace all the cities in his empire with democracy. Alexander sent a small squadron to help with the adjustment. “These significant forces suggest that resistance was expected or planned. » Due to the religious ideals of the Egyptians and Persians around their king, that to the Egyptians, their Pharaoh was the son of Ammon and that the Persians treated their king as a God, Alexander began to demand that all his subjects treat him like a God. He now began to believe that he had saved the Persians and that his new empire would unite them under one ruler. Many believed that he was a God and their “shower of light” because he was able to win and achieve victory and he could survive injuries that would have killed someone else. Alexander himself did not believe this, as Plutarch says: "Alexander in himself was not foolishly affected, nor had the vanity to really believe himself a god, but simply used his pretensions to divinity as a means to manifest among others the feeling of one's superiority. .” This was evident in the way he behaved differently towards the Persians and the Macedonians. Alexander exaggerated his "divinity" in front of the "barbarians" and "orientals", but downplayed it in front of the Greeks and Macedonians because they could be...... middle of paper......" The image of Alexander in the Propaganda of the Diadocoi. The image of Alexander in the propaganda of the Diadocoi. Np, and Web April 15, 2014. “The life and successes of Alexander the Great”. success of Alexander the Great, and Web April 15, 2014. “The Motivations of Alexander the Great: What Motivated the Famous General as He Conquered the World?” and Web. April 14, 2014. .Plutarch and Ian Scott-Kilvert. London: Penguin, 2011. The Campaigns of Alexander. , JR Alexander the Great Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, 1974. Print..