No person can deny that Alexander the Great accomplished many things for the Greek Hellenistic period. The controversy comes to play when deciphering just how great of an impact he had. One historian, William W. Tarn, holds Alexander the Great to be a man who changed the course of history. In one document that Tarn wrote he claimed, "He (Alexander) lifted the civilized world out of one groove and set it in another; he started a new epoch." Alexander started the process of unification world wide, expanded trade and created more opportunity for all people. The issues that he addressed and s…
