Weekly Assignment: Does Power Corrupt? How or How Not? Why or Why Not? Do you think Alexander was corrupted? And who influenced whom the most: Did Persia become more Greek or did Alexander becoming more Persian?

     I do believe ultimately power corrupts. When a power becomes too powerful it starts to lose control and eventually destroys itself.  I don't think Alexander became corrupt, I actually believe Alexander was very successful. Alexander set goals for himself, and accomplished those goals. From my view, it would be a disgrace to call Alexander the Great corrupt. After all he did have the title " Great" after his name. While Greek was influencing Persia, Persia was also influencing Persia. Of course Greek influenced Persia because Greek took them over, but Alexander, himself, started wearing Persian robes. With all these questions, Alexander was a good leader that wasn't corrupt, but his power corrupted and  Greek was more influenced more by Persia than Persia was influenced by Greece.
         At the end, power does ultimately corrupt. When forces become to powerful; they become too big for one empire to handle. In Alexander's case when he died he had no successor. Because he had no successor, the next people in power split his empire and shared rule. After this, soon Alexander the Great's empire was destroying itself before anyone knew it. Don't get me wrong, power is a great thing, but sometimes people can have too much of it. Since Alexander was such a good leader, he was able to have all this power, and in some cases it went all to his head. Originally he wanted to avenge Persian wrongs, but then he started to try to create his own myth, and his power went to his head. Although Alexander's power was corrupt, that doesn't mean he was corrupt.
     Alexander the Great definitely was not a corrupt person. He may have had some downfalls, but overall he was driving in a positive direction. If Alexander was corrupt, he wouldn't be called "Great". Alexander the Great was a great leader and had many victories, if he was corrupt this wouldn't have happened because he people would have turned on him a long time ago if he was truly corrupt. At some points, I believe creating his own myth got to his head, and he became cruel at some points. Overall, I believe Alexander the Great wasn't corrupt; he was a great leader that just didn't accept losing as an option.
     Since he didn't accept losing as an option, he took over all of Persia and conquered basically all of the known world. Since he conquered Persia, Persia started to gain and be influenced by Greek custom and culture. Nevertheless, the Macedonian Army was also influenced by Persia as they invaded them.  I believe Persia influenced Greek more than Greek influenced Persia. When Alexander started to take over Persia, he started to wear Persian robes, and obviously some of his soldiers didn't like that. Through Persia, we can see that Alexander the Great also became a more gruesome warrior like the Persians because they were very violent.  Persia also adapted some of the Greek's religion and culture. Overall, I still believe Persia inflenced Greek more, because the affect the influence it had was greater.
     Alexander the Great was an amazing person. He viewed the world as no one else had in his lifetime. Originally Alexander wanted to avenge Persia wrongs, but then he started to try to create his own myth as soon as he realized what he was capable of.  Alexander was not a corrupt person, but he was influenced by Persia. Alexander the Great has definitely inspired me, not to kill people, but when you have a dream, pursue that dream and anything can happen.