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There were greek colonies all over the Mediterranean, weren't there? I don't think it's too much of a stretch to see that as the next step, it's just that Greec
by m_mueller 8y ago
There were greek colonies all over the Mediterranean, weren't there? I don't think it's too much of a stretch to see that as the next step, it's just that Greece was historically more concerned with Persia.
- acjohnson55 8y agoBut Alexander wasn't just concerned by Persia and the East, he was also impressed with it. I have to imagine Italy was only barely more interesting to him than the Balkans. By contrast, places in the East, like Mesopotamia and Egypt, were as ancient and storied to him as he is to us.