ABSTRACT
King of Macedon who conquered Persia and other lands and established the largest empire in the ancient world. Alexander not only brought large portions of Southwest Asia, India, and Egypt under his control but also promoted the spread of Hellenic Greek culture throughout his conquered territories. Thanks to Alexander, Greek philosophy, art, and science took deep root throughout what is now Turkey and much of the Middle East. The synthesis of the Hellenic culture and the ancient cultures of the conquered Middle East became known as the Hellenistic culture. Hellenistic civilization influenced the eastern Mediterranean region for centuries after Alexander.
