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Hellenistic period

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Greek history - Hellenistic period (323-31 BC)

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Why has the Hellenistic Age been neglected by historians?

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The History of Hellenistic Period [Preview]

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The Hellenistic Period

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History of Europe #4 - Hellenistic period!

The Hellenistic period covers the period of Mediterranean history between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year. The Ancient Greek word Hellas is the original word for Greece, from which the word Hellenistic was derived.
    • Etymology 

    • Background 

    • The Diadochi 

    • Southern Europe 

    • Hellenistic Near East 

    • Greco-Bactrians 

    • Indo-Greek kingdoms 

    • Other states and Hellenistic influences 

    • Rise of Rome 

    • Culture 

    • Hellenistic period and modern culture