Emphasis Preaching Journal

For centuries the Mediterranean world had been fascinated with Greek culture. However, it was Alexander the Great who extended the influence of Greek thought throughout the world of his day. As Alexander stretched the boundaries of his empire from the Nile all the way to the far reaches of India, he also made the process of hellenization indelible upon the world. His brief and dazzling career of spectacular conquests ended in 323 B.C., when he died at the age of 33 from a fever in India. Alexander had changed the world politically and culturally.