Western Civilization I / Unit 5 WC1 0410 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Cities and the Greek Diaspora: Alexander's Real Legacy
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The idea
The anchor locates the legacy in the aftermath: cities named Alexandria, a century of Greek emigration, Greeks as a new ruling minority across the Middle East, intermarriage encouraged, and Persian administration inherited whole, royal road, governors and bureaucracy.
In practice
Alexandria in Egypt, Alexander's body in it.
Where people slip
Greeks were always a minority. Rule, not population, went Greek.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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