And in conclusion......
Alexander the Great changed many things in the
ancient world by starting the spread of Greek culture. If he hadn't defeated the
dam that was the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Greek culture would not have flowed
out into the world. We could be speaking a future form of Persian, had their
culture spread instead of Greece's. Everything would be different. Greek ideas
and values would have been lost forever. Democracy as we know it, for example,
started in Greece. If the Persian culture had spread, democracy would have been
cast aside, and we could have powerful despots ruling over the world. But
because Alexander opened the gates for Greek science, math, architecture, and
literature, the world is the way it is today.
ancient world by starting the spread of Greek culture. If he hadn't defeated the
dam that was the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Greek culture would not have flowed
out into the world. We could be speaking a future form of Persian, had their
culture spread instead of Greece's. Everything would be different. Greek ideas
and values would have been lost forever. Democracy as we know it, for example,
started in Greece. If the Persian culture had spread, democracy would have been
cast aside, and we could have powerful despots ruling over the world. But
because Alexander opened the gates for Greek science, math, architecture, and
literature, the world is the way it is today.