Alexander went on to establish an extraordinary empire and a conquest against Persia. “Like the Achaemenids, Alexander raised the largest army on earth through his ability and willingness to incorporate men from every part of his empire.” (Chua 26) By 324 BC, the Greeks were now the world dominant civilization. Through Alexander, Greek culture had spread across the continents, creating “Hellenism.” But everything died with his death.
Alexander III was arguably one of the greatest and most effective emperors in the history of civilizations. During his 13 year reign over Macedonia from 336 B.C. to 323 B.C, he greatly advanced the Macedonian Empire by nearly tripling the size of the empire, spreading Hellenistic culture throughout the ancient world and unifying the diverse ethnic groups of his vast empire under it, and improving the empire’s economy by forging new trade connections. Without his skillful leadership, Macedonia would not have become the dominant power it became at its peak. Within 4 years of when he first took the throne in 336 B.C., Alexander expanded the empire from the kingdom of Macedon itself to the area around the eastern half of the Mediterranean Sea, including Thrace, Anatolia, and the upper part of Egypt.
Consequent to his death, Alexander the Greats empire that he built ruptured into three separate kingdoms, these kingdoms later broke into more smaller states. However, even though Alexander’s kingdom did not last long, his influence did. Alexander the Great formed a huge empire, which spread Greek culture into Egypt and many parts of Asia, and paved the way for new civilizations to develop. Alexander encouraged blending of cultures in areas he conquered, created new cities for example, Alexandria in Egypt. Alexander encouraged people from other parts of the empire to move to these cities and lastly, Cultural Diffusion led to the formation of Hellenistic Culture blending of Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian cultures.
Just In Case Austin Graves Regent University HIST 208 Dr. Wolfe May 16, 2024 2 The unexpected death of Alexander the Great left a gaping hole in the future of Greek society. Rules that the government needs to implement in the future are that all leaders, whether they are presidents in a democracy or kings in monarchies, need to have a backup plan for who will be next in line. The Hellenistic monarchies that came out of the death of Alexander the Great were the Ptolemaic Kingdom, Seleucid Empire, Antigonid Kingdom, Attalid Kingdom, and finally the Kingdom of Epirus. It was not Alexander's mission to have more kingdoms emerge, but due to his death, more kingdoms emerged. A leader was not present to tell others, “no” or to combine ideas to come to an agreement on an overall idea that will eventually benefit all parties involved.
Throughout history, there has been many battles in which two large and powerful empires fought to maintain land, fought over religion, or to gain an abundance of resources. These empires, the Greek and the Persian, were hostile towards each other at the time. Although these empires were quite similar, they were near direct opposites at the time.
Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire dominated the ancient world from 336 to 323 B.C. through military force and cultural exchange. The army of Macedonia had achieved an abundance of success due to Alexander's ability to provide his militaries with the best weapons, instill the training needed to perform battle formations and endure battle as well as the attitude needed to overcome adversity such as being outnumbered by the Persians. Despite conquering various lands, Alexander the Great chose not to impose his rule, but rather embrace certain customs, in order to spread Hellenism and eliminate the perception of being foreign; the process of unification impacted western civilization by mixing the people of Macedonia with other conquered
Alexander the Great’s conquests did many things for the world. Namely the campaigns increased both trade and contacts between the eastern and western areas as well as exposed eastern areas to Greek influence. After Alexander’s death the states that succeeded remained
Hellenistic Greece and Ancient Peloponnesia Ancient Pelopennesia had great civilizations such as the Minoans, Mycenaeans, Spartans, Atheneans, and Macedonians. The geography of the Ancient Peloponnesian world and Hellenistic Greece impacted civilizations and city-states through trade, travel, and war. Ancient Greeks used to travel via the Aegean Sea from city to city. In addition to being an important trade route, the sea provides a source of food. Due to the separation, Greek city-states would be isolated and grow strong armies.
As a result, this time period is often referred to as the Hellenistic Age. The word Hellenism comes from the Greek word Hellas, which means Greece. The period began in 323 BC, the year Alexander died, and ended in 31 BC. During this time, there were many advances in literature, science, arts, and
This strategy made Alexander the best ruler in history. Alexander's biggest accomplishment was the spread of Hellenistic culture. He took Greek culture and combined it with different religions all throughout the middle east; especially Hellenistic culture, that was used by the Macedonians for centuries. Alexander was able to spread this culture by walking across the middle east conquering different empires, and while he was conquering these different empires he only mentioned the culture to the citizens. The culture was
First, his father was able to unite the Greek city-states, and Alexander destroyed the Persian Empire forever. More importantly, Alexander's conquests spread Greek culture, also known as Hellenism, across his empire. (338) In fact, Alexander's reign marked the beginning of a new era known as the Hellenistic Age because of the powerful influence that Greek culture had on other people. Without Alexander's ambition, Greek ideas and culture might well have remained confined to
The conquests of Alexander the Great during the 4th century BC undoubtedly transformed the ancient world, bringing people of foreign lands into contact with Greek ideals and customs that spawned a unique Hellenistic period of both decaying and generative traditions. Despite the historical dramatization of Alexander, emphasizing his charisma and intellect as being the driving forces in creating an empire of a size that had never been imagined before, the contexts of cultural tension between Greek and Persian societies, a fractious Greek political state, and civil strife from an overpopulated Greek world greatly supplemented Alexander’s inherent traits in clearing a path for him to rise and embark on a path of conquest in the pursuit of eternal
Ancient Greece was devided in two periods: Hellenistic and Classical Greece. The Hellenistic period covers the time of ancient Greek (Hellenic) history and Mediterranean history between the passing of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the rise of the Roman Empire as connoted by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the consequent triumph of Ptolemaic Egypt the next year. Classical Greece was a time of around 200 years ( 5th and 4th centuries BC) in Greek culture. This Classical period saw the addition of quite a bit of cutting edge Greece by the Persian Empire and its resulting autonomy. Classical Greece affected the Roman Empire and on the establishments of western human advancement.
The Perks of Stem Cell Research SCID is a condition a child can be born with called Severe Combined Immunodeficiency. SCID makes kids more susceptible to catching life threatening diseases and they must be kept in isolation. Over many years the debate over Stem Cell research has been whether it’s a good advancement for medical procedures or if it’s morally unacceptable. Stem Cell Research is a good advancement in medical procedures and has the opportunity to save many lives if successful. Stem Cell Research is when a physician takes the cells from an embryo that have been rejected and use them to help others with different injuries.
Ancient Civilizations of the ancient world have explained a lot of things in our present days, but what makes it so great is that it’s architecture. The ancient Greek and Ancient Roman are very rich and variable history and culture, but also they had similarities and differences The Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman civilizations had some differences although they are very close to each other. First, they had different social systems; the ancient Greek divided their social systems into five categories: slaves, freedmen, metics, citizens and women , and in the ancient Greek women were not given a position they were like to be less than slaves, but in the ancient Roman civilization they dived into four categories: freedmen, slaves, plebians and patricians, and women were considered citizen if they were not born into slavery, however they were not able to hold any position or vote. Second, The ancient Greek created and developed the three famous classical orders which is Doric, Ionic and Corinthian, On the other hand Ancient Roman took the classical order with making minor differences and created the arch and used it in their buildings.
