During the Hellenistic period, Greek cultural influence reached its peak in the Mediterranean and beyond. Prosperity and progress in the arts, literature, theatre, architecture, music, mathematics, philosophy, and science characterize the era.

Dec 12, 2024 · Hellenistic age, in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, the period between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 bce and the conquest of Egypt by Rome in 30 bce. For some purposes the period is extended for a further three and a half centuries, to the move by Constantine the Great of his capital to Constantinople (Byzantium) in 330 ce .

Apr 28, 2011 · The Hellenistic Period is a part of the Ancient Period for the European and Near Asian space. The use of this period is justified by the extent of the Hellenic culture in most of these areas, due to the Greek political presence especially in Asia after Alexander 's conquests, but also to a new wave of Greek colonization .

Feb 4, 2010 · The Hellenistic period lasted from 323 B.C. until 31 B.C. Alexander the Great built an empire that stretched from Greece all the way to India, and his campaign changed the world: It...

Jun 14, 2018 · Despite the flowering of cultural exchange and artistic innovation, the Hellenistic period is the last era of independent Greek civilization, reaching to the end of its dominance as a new power emerged in the west.

Hellenistic Greece is the historical period of Ancient Greece following Classical Greece and between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the annexation of the classical Greek Achaean League heartlands by the Roman Republic.

Dec 12, 2024 · Hellenistic age - Greek Culture, Expansion, Science: Notable cities were Alexandria, Antioch, Seleuceia, Pergamum, and Ephesus. Ptolemaic Egypt was under the rule of a Macedonian and Greek ruling class; Cleopatra VII was the first Ptolemaic sovereign to learn the Egyptian language.

The Hellenistic Age (323-31 BCE) marks the transformation of Greek society from the localized and introverted city-states to an open, cosmopolitan, and at times exuberant culture that permeated the entire eastern Mediterranean, and Southwest Asia.

Aug 18, 2020 · The Hellenistic Period refers to the time between the death of Alexander the Great (323 BCE) and the rise of the Roman Empire (32 BCE) in which Greek culture spread throughout the Mediterranean and Near East.

Hellenistic Age, In the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, the period between the death of Alexander the Great (323 bc) and the conquest of Egypt by Rome (30 bc). Alexander and his successors established Greek monarchies that controlled the area from Greece to Afghanistan.