In What Ways Did the Life and Legacy of Alexander

question 87

Essay

In what ways did the life and legacy of Alexander of Macedonia both initiate a break with the past promote a continuation of earlier values and practices?

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Definitions:

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of values, found by dividing the sum of all values by the number of values.

Median

The midpoint in a set of values, such that 50% of the cases in a distribution fall below the median and 50% fall above it.

Mode

The most frequently occurring score in a distribution.

Skewness

A measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable about its mean, indicating whether the distribution is stretched more to the left or to the right.