Alexander spread the ______________ Culture throughout Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt and Persia.

The word that you are looking for to fill in this blank is “Hellenistic.” The Hellenistic Culture was the culture that was spread across the areas you mention as Alexander the Great and his armies conquered a vast amount of territory in the 4th century before the Common Era.

The Hellenistic Culture ultimately derived from Greek origins. Alexander the Great himself was not Greek, but he was Macedonian and the Macedonians were neighbors of the Greeks and were heavily influenced by their more “civilized” neighbors. Alexander himself was famously tutored as a youth by the great Greek philosopher Aristotle.  Because Alexander and the Macedonians were so steeped in Greek culture, they took it with them as they conquered in the Near East. The Greek-influenced culture became the dominant culture of the areas that Alexander conquered and Greek became the area’s lingua franca.  Therefore, “Hellenistic” is the word that you need to use to fill in this blank.