Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, had a profound impact on the ancient world in little more than a decade. Alexander was born in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia in July 356 BC. His father was Philip II of Macedon and his mother Olympias. His father, Philip was assassinated in 336 BC and Alexander inherited the kingdom. Alexander made use of his father’s Macedonian forces, led the magnificent army across the Hellespont in Asia. With some 43,000 infantries and 5,500 cavalries, it was the most formidable military expedition ever to leave Greece. As Alexander conquered more lands he exposed them to goods of the Mediterranean and the culture of the Greek city states. The Greek culture was called Hellenistic and it spread from the entire …show more content…
One of the biggest things Hellenism did was spread a common language called Koine, it quickly became the international language of its day. (Pollard, Elizabeth, and Clifford
Rosenberg 2015).
Alexander’s crusade lasted eleven years, he conquered the Persian Empire and more. And this was the biggest political change brought about by his invasion. He seized the wealth of the Persians and redistributed it back into the Greek city states. He founded dozens of cities which he names after himself. Shortly after his defeat of the Persian Empire, Alexander passed away. His Empire separated into smaller kingdoms. Mostly run by his top ranking generals. Ptolemy I Soter founded the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt, Palestine, and S.E. Anatolia. Seleucus I Nicator founded the Seleucid Empire centered in Mesopotamia and extended east to the Indus River was the largest of the successor kingdoms or diadochi. In Macedon
Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, had a profound impact on the ancient world in little more than a decade. Alexander was born in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia in July 356 BC. His father was Philip II of Macedon and his mother Olympias. His father, Philip was assassinated in 336 BC and Alexander inherited the kingdom. Alexander made use of his father’s Macedonian forces, led the magnificent army across the Hellespont in Asia. With some 43,000 infantries and 5,500 cavalries, it was the most formidable military expedition ever to leave Greece. As Alexander conquered more lands he exposed them to goods of the Mediterranean and the culture of the Greek city states. The Greek culture was called Hellenistic and it spread from the entire …show more content…
One of the biggest things Hellenism did was spread a common language called Koine, it quickly became the international language of its day. (Pollard, Elizabeth, and Clifford
Rosenberg 2015).
Alexander’s crusade lasted eleven years, he conquered the Persian Empire and more. And this was the biggest political change brought about by his invasion. He seized the wealth of the Persians and redistributed it back into the Greek city states. He founded dozens of cities which he names after himself. Shortly after his defeat of the Persian Empire, Alexander passed away. His Empire separated into smaller kingdoms. Mostly run by his top ranking generals. Ptolemy I Soter founded the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt, Palestine, and S.E. Anatolia. Seleucus I Nicator founded the Seleucid Empire centered in Mesopotamia and extended east to the Indus River was the largest of the successor kingdoms or diadochi. In Macedon