Conquerors In Western Civilization

Since the beginnings of civilization there has always been a desire to expand and build empires throughout the world. Because of this there will always be conquerors and conquered people. The conquered are subjected to different treatments by different conquerors; this depends on who the triumphant are. Different examples of these subjugations include that of those ruled by Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, and the Hellenistic monarchs. These types of regimes laid the groundwork for that of the Romans who took pieces of each of these past civilizations and implemented it in their own system which eventually would grow into the foundation for Western Civilization. The Egyptians conquered Nubia during the Middle Kingdom period (Sherman, 21).
After this defeat, the Spartans left some troops in Athens, knocked down Athenian walls, and reduced the Athenian naval fleet but overall, according to Spartan allies, were very lenient towards Athens (Sherman, 71). When Alexander rose to power in later years he came across many conquered lands due to his everlasting need to explore and expand. Alexander treated the people he conquered very fairly. He had a dream of a unified people, to conquer in all aspect, not only politically and militarily but also culturally and economically (Sherman, 83). He did this by blending the cultures of the Greeks and Macedonians with the people under his control (Sherman, 83). Among his implementations, Alexander accepted foreigners into the military, allowed, and even encouraged, intermarriages and generally treated his people with dignity and respect (Sherman, 83). Both sides were happy with this style of rule, Alexander acquired land and culturally dominated while defeated territories were able to live the life they already had without be abused or dominated. Alexander’s idea of unity would be the main predecessor of the methods used by Rome and Western Civilization in