&gt;  Greeks especially under Alexander, changed their lifestyles significantly to accommodate influence from subjects of their conquests<p>You mean the Greek subjects of an emperor who spent his time adventuring <i>past</i> the known extent of the world, with all the communications technology the world could offer 2400 years ago? The Greeks who split off from the Asian part of Alexander&#x27;s empire <i>immediately</i> after he died in a foreign country thousands of miles away?