Hellenistic period

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The Hellenistic period was an era from the death of Alexander the Great to the rise of the Roman Empire, marked by the widespread diffusion and blending of Greek culture with those of Egypt, the Near East, and Central Asia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf era of ancient Greek history
historical period
associatedWith Alexander the Great
Diadochi
Epicureanism
Hellenistic Judaism
linked to: Hellenistic Jews

Hellenistic architecture
Hellenistic art
Hellenistic philosophy
Hellenistic science
Skepticism
Stoicism
characterizedBy advances in science and philosophy
cultural syncretism
development of large cosmopolitan cities
expansion of trade networks
fusion of Greek and Eastern cultures
monarchic kingdoms
new forms of art and sculpture
spread of Greek language
urbanization
chronologicalContext between Classical Greece and Roman Empire
part of ancient history
culturalImpact Library of Alexandria
foundation of libraries and museums
spread of Greek education and paideia
economicFeature long-distance trade
monetized economies
endDate 30 BC
31 BC
endEvent Battle of Actium
Roman conquest of the Hellenistic kingdoms
followedBy Roman Imperial period
linked to: Roman Antiquity

Roman Republic dominance in the eastern Mediterranean
follows Classical Greek period
age of Alexander the Great
hasPart Antigonid Kingdom of Macedon
linked to: Macedon

Attalid Kingdom of Pergamon
linked to: Kingdom of Pergamon

Cyrenaica
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Kingdom of Pontus
Ptolemaic Kingdom
Seleucid Empire
mainRegion Aegean Sea region
linked to: Aegean Sea

Anatolia
Central Asia
Egypt
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt

Greek mainland
Mesopotamia
Near East
linked to: Ancient Near East

eastern Mediterranean
majorCity Alexandria
Antioch
Pella
linked to: Pella, Greece

Pergamon
Rhodes
Seleucia on the Tigris
linked to: Ctesiphon
namedAfter Hellas (Greece)
linked to: Greece
notableFigure Antigonus I Monophthalmus
Archimedes
Attalus I of Pergamon
Cleopatra VII
Demetrius I of Macedon
Epicurus
Eratosthenes
Euclid
Ptolemy I Soter
Seleucus I Nicator
Zeno of Citium
officialLanguage Koine Greek
politicalStructure successor kingdoms of Alexander's empire
territorial monarchies
precededBy Classical Greece
religiousDevelopment cult of Serapis
linked to: Serapis

spread of mystery cults
syncretism of Greek and Egyptian deities
startDate 323 BC
startEvent death of Alexander the Great
succeededBy Roman Empire

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Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt locatedInTimePeriod Hellenistic period
Cyrene partOf Hellenistic world
linked to: Hellenistic period
Classical Athens followedBy Hellenistic Athens
linked to: Hellenistic period
Isis veneratedIn Hellenistic world
linked to: Hellenistic period
Greek Antiquity hasEndPeriod Hellenistic period
Athens historicalEraOfProminence Hellenistic period
Sacred Way (Delphi) timePeriod Hellenistic period
subject linked to: Sacred Way
Thessaly historicalPeriod Hellenistic period
Alexander the Great era Hellenistic period
Alexander the Great associatedWith Hellenization
linked to: Hellenistic period
Castalian Spring timePeriod Hellenistic period
Pentelic marble usedInPeriod Hellenistic period
Pythian Games timePeriod Hellenistic period
Amphictyonic League historicalPeriod Hellenistic period
Cyrenaica historicalEra Hellenistic period
Hellenistic kingdoms partOf Hellenistic period
Ptolemaic Kingdom partOf Hellenistic world
linked to: Hellenistic period
Ptolemaic Kingdom historicalEra Hellenistic period
Twelve Olympians timePeriod Hellenistic period
Rhodes historicalPeriod Hellenistic period
Western esotericism hasHistoricalRoot Hellenistic period
Pella, Greece timePeriod Hellenistic period
Nemean Games timePeriod Hellenistic period
Orphic Mysteries practicedIn Hellenistic world
linked to: Hellenistic period
Orphic Mysteries timePeriod Hellenistic period
Ptolemaic system historicalPeriod Hellenistic period
Phocis timePeriod Hellenistic period
Gymnasium of Delphi timePeriod Hellenistic Greece
linked to: Hellenistic period
Dionysian Mysteries practicedIn Hellenistic world
linked to: Hellenistic period
Idumea flourishedInPeriod Hellenistic period
Idumea culturalInfluence Hellenistic culture
linked to: Hellenistic period
Dodona flourishedDuring Hellenistic period
Delos peakProsperityPeriod Hellenistic period
Boeotia timePeriod Hellenistic period
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World culturalSphere Hellenistic world
linked to: Hellenistic period
Prytaneion of Olympia timePeriod Hellenistic period
Gymnasion of Olympia timePeriod Hellenistic period
Epidaurus periodOfFlourishing Hellenistic period
Epidaurus culturalPeriod Hellenistic Greece
linked to: Hellenistic period
Babylon declinePeriod Hellenistic period
Bouleuterion of Olympia periodOfUse Hellenistic period
Ancient Greek usedIn Hellenistic period
Antioch partOf Hellenistic world
linked to: Hellenistic period
Altis sacred precinct timePeriod Hellenistic period
3 Maccabees historicalContext Hellenistic period
Bel and the Dragon periodOfOrigin Hellenistic period
Cippus Perusinus chronologicalContext Hellenistic period
Asclepius worshipPeriod Hellenistic period
Archimedes era Hellenistic period