Alexander the Great went down in history as one of the greatest military leaders of Greek history, however, his death was the signal of the former Greek life he had ruled coming to an end. Ironically, while he created a legacy for himself, he left behind a “mess” after his sudden and untimely death, and with no other successors other than some of his loyal friends and former generals remaining (Austin, no. 27). The dawning of a new era for Greek life was born after numerous battles and kingdoms formed of new rulers and new changes for the people and city-states. Although there were many struggles, these hardships are what allowed Greece to slowly grow overtime and develop new and advanced traditions and ways of living with their new combined kingdoms and sharing of different things. Although starting anew was not easy for the
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This is what led the others to come together to go against him, for the sake of gaining power for themselves. Eventually this led to a major civil war known as the battle of Ipsos, where Antigonos was killed, and the entire conflict was resolved with Alexander’s remaining friends creating three major dynasties, and his former empire had been history. Ptolemy ruled the Ptolemaic kingdom in Egypt, Seleukos ruled the Seleucid empire in Asia and Atas ruled the Antigonid Empire in Macedon. Following the battles, the people of Greece were finally able to flourish, and Hellenization was able to grow throughout the new, widespread kingdoms. New things such as art, religion and other philosophies had developed in the lands, and through a process known as multiculturalism, each kingdom had gotten to share their influences with each other. Their influences were shown through some of their new developments created by philosophers such as Socrates and Aristotles. The concept of ‘school’ had been born because of Aristotles, where more thinkers and intellectuals came together, and invented new philosophies such as stoicism, skepticism and
This is what led the others to come together to go against him, for the sake of gaining power for themselves. Eventually this led to a major civil war known as the battle of Ipsos, where Antigonos was killed, and the entire conflict was resolved with Alexander’s remaining friends creating three major dynasties, and his former empire had been history. Ptolemy ruled the Ptolemaic kingdom in Egypt, Seleukos ruled the Seleucid empire in Asia and Atas ruled the Antigonid Empire in Macedon. Following the battles, the people of Greece were finally able to flourish, and Hellenization was able to grow throughout the new, widespread kingdoms. New things such as art, religion and other philosophies had developed in the lands, and through a process known as multiculturalism, each kingdom had gotten to share their influences with each other. Their influences were shown through some of their new developments created by philosophers such as Socrates and Aristotles. The concept of ‘school’ had been born because of Aristotles, where more thinkers and intellectuals came together, and invented new philosophies such as stoicism, skepticism and