Why did Alexander the Great become the conqueror of the world?
Alexander the Great became conqueror of the world because of greed—a driving desire for more than the poverty he knew in Macedonia, the poorest part of Greece, where they had nothing. That craving pushed him to prepare himself and pursue conquest.
Les teaches that all these great Gentile kingdoms were precipitated and based on nothing but greed. He illustrates this with Alexander the Great, who grew up in Macedonia, the poorest part of Greece, where they didn't have a thing. But greed began to gnaw at him: 'Hey, I want more than this.' So the young fellow began to prepare himself, and he became the conqueror of the world. Les asks why, and answers: greed. The same pattern repeats with the Romans, who looked at the Greeks' good things, architecture, and philosophers and said, 'Hey, I want that,' and went after it.