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It would never have occurred to me that a Greek would assume that Alexander the Great was just a local hero! In the US, anyone who remembers any ancient histor
by lolinder 2y ago
It would never have occurred to me that a Greek would assume that Alexander the Great was just a local hero!
In the US, anyone who remembers any ancient history will remember Alexander the Great. He's a part of every single world history curriculum, and for good reason. Whether by his own skill or luck, he reshaped most of Eurasia in his lifetime.
- romanhn 2y agoNot just the US. As a kid growing up in Russia, I was very aware of Alexander's prominence (known to us as Alexander the Macedonian).
- markdown 2y agoI mean, it was in the curriculum in Fiji where I studied. Stupid of course, because we had to learn the histories of far away places (literally on the other side of the world) more than our own history.
- stavros 2y agoAs a Greek, it's very weird to me that someone would think Alexander the Great isn't well-known worldwide. Interesting that someone is surprised.
- IG_Semmelweiss 2y agoWhatever late corner of earth that didn't yet know who Alexander the great was, that history was forever changed, once personal computers & the golden age of PC computing came to be.