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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
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 historical Hellenistic Age is defined as the period from the death of the Greco-Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great (323 bc) to the conquest of Egypt by Rome (30 bc), but the influence of the Hellenistic religions extended to the time of Constantine, the first Christian Roman emperor (d.
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.
The characteristic religion of the Hellenistic period was dualistic. People sought to escape from the despotism of this world and its rulers (exemplified by the seven planetary spheres) and to ascend to another world of freedom.
Hellenistic age - Philosophy, Science, Culture: The philosophy of autarkeia (self-sufficiency), or nonattachment, was pursued. Philosophers of the period include Diogenes of Sinope of the Cynics, Zeno of Citium, founder of the Stoics, Cleanthes, Chrysippus, Panaetius, Poseidonius, and Epicurus.
Hellenistic age - Art, Culture, Philosophy: Sculptures from this era include the Apoxyomenos, Venus de Milo, and the Belvedere Torso. In literature were the New Comedy at Athens and the Second Sophistic. Advances in medicine were made by Herophilus, Erasistratus, Asclepiades, and Galen.
In Judaism: Myth and legend in the Hellenistic period Judaism entered a new phase in 330 bce , when Alexander the Great completed his conquest of the Middle East. The dominant features of the Hellenistic Age, which began with Alexander’s death in 323, were an increasing cosmopolitanism and…
Hellenistic age - Rome, Greek Culture, Expansion: Rome encroached on Greek settlements in southern Italy and Sicily. Earthquakes and other calamities devastated the cities of Anatolia. Tiberius met these disasters with constructive aid.
The dominant features of the Hellenistic Age, which began with Alexander’s death in 323, were an increasing cosmopolitanism and a fusion of ancient Middle Eastern and Greek cultures.