thus began the fusing of nations. The free intercourse opened up from the East relieved some of the economic difficulties, which had threatened the West. The new cities in Asia provided some solution of the unemployed during the time of financial crisis in Greece. Alexander had envisaged vast building projects during his early experience in Egypt. He was also finding and opening up safe trade routes. Babylon to Alexandria, India to Babylon, and Alexandria would develop into a center for an immense exchange of commerce between Egypt and the western Mediterranean. With the advent of Alexander came new methods of government in civil, military, and financial administration. Just as he was swift to alter and modify his tactics in battle to meet new situations, so also did he adapt new political methods to suit the different regions of his empire. When Alexander adopted Greek as the universal language throughout the empire, it helped with also a uniform currency to simplified commerce and also exchange of ideas. Education in the Greek language extended knowledge of Hellenic culture, so that nations which had followed separate lines of thought, traditions, and customs, became members of a common civilization, citizens of the same world. With a common language, Oriental knowledge became more accessible to the West. Rapid progress was made possible when Greek and Babylonian scholars collaborated in mathematics, science, and astronomy. The influence and example of Alexander lived on after his death and can still be felt today. No other person in history, has accomplish some much in so many different areas in a short time span, than Alexander the Great. Without this man accomplishing what he did, I can very easily say our world, culture, and history would be completely different. A map of Alexander's journey....
