Not at all, his impact was huge. He brought Greek philosophy and culture to India. His conquest founded the Ptolemaic dynasty of Greeks that ruled Egypt through

Not at all, his impact was huge. He brought Greek philosophy and culture to India. His conquest founded the Ptolemaic dynasty of Greeks that ruled Egypt through to the Roman era and Cleopatra. Establishing Greek hegemony over the entire Middle East opened up access to the philosophy, mathematics and learning across the region. This stimulated scientific and mathematical developments that changed the way we saw the world. Greeks studying and working in Alexandria developed mathematics and philosophy, including calculating the circumference of the earth. It also became a centre of religious development, the Septuagint was compiled there. He changed the region from isolated cultural bubbles that occasionally rubbed violently against each other into a world with far ranging intellectual and commercial interests.