Pericles and Alexander
Cultural Development- the evolution of a culture; when a culture advances from a simpler or lower, to a more advanced and mature or complex culture with new and improved ideas, technologies and innovative lifestyles. Pericles and Alexander were known as two Greek heroes that led to the cultural developed Greece. We are fortunate that these two heroes ripened Greece into what it is today. If Pericles and Alexander didn't help transform Greece, we wouldn't have a lot of advances that we have in the present day. If you want to be a flourishing ruler, then you should always know what you want to accomplish for your empire. Pericles, had three main goals that he wanted accomplished during the duration of his rule- he wanted to strengthen Athens democracy, hold together and build up the empire and glorify Athens. Pericles had a vision for a better democracy. Pericles first increased the number of paid officials. He then opened the Athenian democracy to ordinary citizens. This meant that even the poorest citizens were allowed to hold an office if they were elected.
A democracy is not a democracy unless you are entirely free. This language was important to the citizens of the Hellenistic Culture because it enabled the traders from different and diverse backgrounds to efficiently communicate. A tragedy was a serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war or betrayal. Pericles also made Athens navy the strongest in the Mediterranean. This meant that if you were in debt to someone, you had to work as a slave until your debtor felt that you had repaid them. The last thing that Pericles wanted to accomplish for his empire was to make it extremely beautiful. Through reading about all of the things they did makes me wonder: where would be today if it wasn't for Pericles and Alexander, where would we as a culture be? Would we be as advanced as we are now?. I conclude that Pericles and Alexander changed Greece for the best. The Hellenistic Culture was a very important cultural period. The Greek play writers wrote of two types of dramas. The Parthenon was a temple that was constructed by Greek architects. Koine was the popular spoken language that was used throughout the Hellenistic Culture.
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