CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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They had to follow Greek laws.
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They no longer had to pay taxes.
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They could be elected as representatives.
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They had to swear loyalty to the Greek leader.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did Hellenistic political ideas affect the people living in conquered lands? They had to follow Greek laws. They no longer had to pay taxes. They could be elected as representatives.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the Hellenistic period, Greek cultural influence and power 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Hellenistic world fell to the Romans in stages, but the era ended for good in 31 B.C. That year, in the Battle at Actium, the Roman Octavian defeated Mark Antony’s Ptolemaic fleet. Octavian took the name Augustus and became the first Roman emperor.
Detailed explanation-5: -Alexander in Hindsight More importantly, Alexander’s conquests spread Greek culture, also known as Hellenism, across his empire.