Alexander died without having ever lost a battle, and while his empire soon splintered, for centuries, the official language of administration in the area remained Greek. “That’s why Greek spread all over the Middle East, and why the New Testament is written in Greek,” says Cartledge.
http://edition.cnn.com/travel/alexander-the-great-macedon-persian-empire-darius/index.html
My last name is from Alexandria.......and an Aegean island, grandfather side....
When I was 8, we lived for a year in Tehran, Iran, and the first time I went out in the neighborhood to play with other kids there, when they found out I was Greek the first word they said to me was "Alexander". Never forgot that.
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