Alexander the Great was the son of Philip II. Phillip II was the leader of Macedonia. Philip II was murdered His son Alexander the Great took over his role on the thrown. Alexander the Great continued his father, Philip II dreams as before he was murdered. Alexander the Great was very successful as a ruler. He had many goals as ruler and many of those goals lead him to be a legacy to the Western Civilization Once king Philip II was killed, Alexander the Great vowed to carry on Philip’s mission. Alexander prepared to invade the Persian territory and proclaimed it would be crusade and will be revenge for the Persian invasion of Greece. Alexander was young but had been well trained and prepared to lead his people into Western Asia. It took three
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These cities influence spread far and wide and the Roman rule would also be based on this same political principle. His explorations benefited scientific fields from geography to botany because he took people with him that were knowledgeable in different fields of science. He sent scientific findings back to his tutor Aristotle. Most of all his career of exploring and conquest brought the cultures into closer contact then ever before and helped him create a multi ethnic world open to all cultures and becoming more …show more content…
The Hellenistic Kings now controlled the International affairs and used large numbers of Greeks to run their kingdoms, man their armies and run their businesses. The Greeks were use to having their Policy be independent of others and could conduct international business. The Hellenistic Kings gave the City-States all of the same rights as the Greek Policy but refused to give them the ability to conduct international business. They had their assembly of citizens, a council to prepare legislation, and a board of magistrates to conduct city business, but they were not allowed to create foreign policy, wage war, or govern to interfere with the Kings business. In closing Alexander was able to create the format of how countries are run still today. The country runs the foreign affairs, wage wars, and create trade between countries, and the cities run their own affairs. He was able to increase the body of science by bringing knowledgeable people with to study the areas that he was
These cities influence spread far and wide and the Roman rule would also be based on this same political principle. His explorations benefited scientific fields from geography to botany because he took people with him that were knowledgeable in different fields of science. He sent scientific findings back to his tutor Aristotle. Most of all his career of exploring and conquest brought the cultures into closer contact then ever before and helped him create a multi ethnic world open to all cultures and becoming more …show more content…
The Hellenistic Kings now controlled the International affairs and used large numbers of Greeks to run their kingdoms, man their armies and run their businesses. The Greeks were use to having their Policy be independent of others and could conduct international business. The Hellenistic Kings gave the City-States all of the same rights as the Greek Policy but refused to give them the ability to conduct international business. They had their assembly of citizens, a council to prepare legislation, and a board of magistrates to conduct city business, but they were not allowed to create foreign policy, wage war, or govern to interfere with the Kings business. In closing Alexander was able to create the format of how countries are run still today. The country runs the foreign affairs, wage wars, and create trade between countries, and the cities run their own affairs. He was able to increase the body of science by bringing knowledgeable people with to study the areas that he was