How Did Alexander The Great Influence Western Civilization
The contribution made by certain individuals in Western Civilization had an enormous outcome in the world. This essay will demonstrate which person had the greatest impact during that time, as well as in today’s society. In order to prove that, ideas, beliefs, influences and legacies from Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Jesus will help support this thesis. King Alexander the Great was one of the most powerful men during the Hellenistic Period. One of his biggest influences was that he fell in love with the Greek culture and decided to extended it which made for Western Civilization to be spread around and become the Hellenistic World. Alexander was a selfish man who took every opportunity he had on any region to mark his territory.
After his fathers death, he knew that it would be his fathers dream to defeat Persia. Alexander decided to fulfil that dream for him and ended up destroying Persia. In a lecture on February 9th, 2017, to a History of Western Civilization class, Miles Denora said “he named the city of Alexandria in Egypt after himself and it became the most popular city for education where all the intelligent people go.” The city of Alexandria ended up being the most important city with a population of 500,000 people in the ancient world. His legacies had influences on the world as well. He was a military genius which is still being studied until this day, there were ideas of having Kings 2000 years after Alexander, he had power over the creation of cities and colonies as well as influencing the Christian religion and commerce to have access doing trades. Alexander's conquests had opened up a vast trading area stretching from Egypt to the Persian Gulf, dominated by Greek-speaking rulers and well-established merchant communities (Cole & Symes, 2017, p. 100). King Alexander the Great's journey ended 323 B.C.E. at the age of 32, but still manages never to be forgotten.
After his fathers death, he knew that it would be his fathers dream to defeat Persia. Alexander decided to fulfil that dream for him and ended up destroying Persia. In a lecture on February 9th, 2017, to a History of Western Civilization class, Miles Denora said “he named the city of Alexandria in Egypt after himself and it became the most popular city for education where all the intelligent people go.” The city of Alexandria ended up being the most important city with a population of 500,000 people in the ancient world. His legacies had influences on the world as well. He was a military genius which is still being studied until this day, there were ideas of having Kings 2000 years after Alexander, he had power over the creation of cities and colonies as well as influencing the Christian religion and commerce to have access doing trades. Alexander's conquests had opened up a vast trading area stretching from Egypt to the Persian Gulf, dominated by Greek-speaking rulers and well-established merchant communities (Cole & Symes, 2017, p. 100). King Alexander the Great's journey ended 323 B.C.E. at the age of 32, but still manages never to be forgotten.