CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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a great Athenian writer who stressed courage and understanding
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a time when greek culture spread through the known world
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believed that happiness resulted from using reason
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The three centuries of Greek history between the death of the Macedonian king Alexander the Great in 323 B.C.E. and the rise of Augustus in Rome in 31 B.C.E. are collectively known as the Hellenistic period (1).
Detailed explanation-2: -First the Greeks (and others) spread their culture around the Mediterranean, then Alexander and the Hellenistic kingdoms spread trade and culture eastward to India, north into Central Asia, and south into Africa. They established a firm connection of trade and exchange with India and central Asia that was never broken.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hellenization, or Hellenism, refers to the spread of Greek culture that had begun after the conquest of Alexander the Great in the fourth century, B.C.E.
Detailed explanation-4: -Alexander the Great is well known for his grand military conquests, which created a vast Empire, stretching from Greece all the way to India. Unfortunately, he died young, and the Empire soon collapsed in a series of wars led by his successors. Yet, Alexander the Great left a lasting legacy: the Hellenistic world.