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.
Answer: The First Settlers Arrive. Human settlers arrived in Spain's territory 35 thousand years ago. Hispania, as Spain was initially named, was inhabited mostly by Iberian, Basques and Celts. Archeologists have been successful in finding cave paintings in Altamira that prove early human settlements.
