What was Alexander the Greats greatest long-term contribution to European History?

Answer 1

In my opinion as I've read all of Alexander's biographies, is that he conquered the known world to the Greeks at that time in just 13 years, and never been defeated once!

Another View:

He did not conquer Western Europe, although he planned to. Itaalso seems that he was beaten by his own army when they mutinied and refused to go on to India. There is also extreme doubt as to whether he beat Porus, then gave his ally's kingdom to him. Sounds like he had to cut a deal with Porus after failing to beat him, and then go on to suppress Porus' revolting provinces for him. This is not discussed because people want to maintain the image of the all-conquering Alexander untarnished by a hint of failure.

His lasting achievement is the myth of total success and nobility, even though he slaughtered the helpless victims mercilessly.

Answer 2

Alexander the great was a great general and leader who led a newly-unified Greece against the Persian Empire, the most powerful empire at the time. With triumph coming to the Greeks, Alexander pushed eastward in order to subdue more lands once under Persian sovereignty and spread Hellenistic culture. Hellenism, derived from the Greek term for Greeks, was a term used in order to describe the spread of Greek culture through Alexander the Great's conquests and through the encouragement of such through several Hellenistic empires established during the post-expansionist period. Darius III, the Achamenid Persian monarch at the time, faced enormous struggles to maintain his empire's struggling army as well as keeping his empire's subjugated peoples in line. However, Darius III was soon finding himself battling both Alexander's armies and the Persian aristocracy. After suffering many defeats at the hands of Alexander, the Persian nobility had him killed, marking the end of Persia's hegemony in the Classical world. As Alexander pushed more east, his men became fatigued and exhausted. By the time the Macedonian and Greek soldiers had reached the Hydaspes River in modern-day India, they refused to go any farther, forcing Alexander to retreat back. On the way back, Alexander came down with a disease and perished in Babylon. Following his death, Alexander's former generals decided to carve up Alexander's accumulated territories for themselves, creating "Hellenistic" states in which remained independent of each other and usually found themselves fighting one another for more territory. Some of the most powerful and influential Hellenistic empires were the Ptolemaic Empire in Egypt and the Selucid Empire in the Middle East. These empires would continue to fight each other up until the time in which the Roman Republic would annex the states in the 1st Century BCE. As a result of Alexander's expansion, the peoples of the destroyed Achamenid Persian Empire became introduced to Hellenistic culture, in which was perhaps the legitimate predecessor to Western culture and civilization. Alexander the Great was a great general and leader who led a newly-unified Greece against the Persian Empire, the most powerful empire at the time. With triumph coming to the Greeks, Alexander pushed eastward in order to subdue more lands once under Persian sovereignty and spread Hellenistic culture. Hellenism, derived from the Greek term for Greeks, was a term used in order to describe the spread of Greek culture through Alexander the Great's conquests and through the encouragement of such through several Hellenistic empires established during the post-expansionist period. Darius III, the Achamenid Persian monarch at the time, faced enormous struggles to maintain his empire's struggling army as well as keeping his empire's subjugated peoples in line. However, Darius III was soon finding himself battling both Alexander's armies and the Persian aristocracy. After suffering many defeats at the hands of Alexander, the Persian nobility had him killed, marking the end of Persia's hegemony in the Classical world. As Alexander pushed more east, his men became fatigued and exhausted. By the time the Macedonian and Greek soldiers had reached the Hydaspes River in modern-day India, they refused to go any farther, forcing Alexander to retreat back. On the way back, Alexander came down with a disease and perished in Babylon. Following his death, Alexander's former generals decided to carve up Alexander's accumulated territories for themselves, creating "Hellenistic" states in which remained independent of each other and usually found themselves fighting one another for more territory. Some of the most powerful and influential Hellenistic empires were the Ptolemaic Empire in Egypt and the Selucid Empire in the Middle East. These empires would continue to fight each other up until the time in which the Roman Republic would annex the states in the 1st Century BCE. As a result of Alexander's expansion, the peoples of the destroyed Achamenid Persian Empire became introduced to Hellenistic culture, in which was perhaps the legitimate predecessor to Western culture and civilization.

Answer 3

Legend has it that there is a knot in the city of Gordium which is impossible to undo. An ancient prophecy said that whoever could untie this Gordion knot would become the ruler of Asia.

Answer 4

Alexander the Great spread Hellenic culture in the ancient world, and popularized the fashion of shaved faces for men.

Answer 5

Destroying the mankind of mecoptania