CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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A warring group called the Parthians conquered it.
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Everyone in the empire was forced to speak Greek.
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His generals continued to rule the empire as one.
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The empire was divided into separate kingdoms.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Alexander’s death was sudden and his empire disintegrated into a 40-year period of war and chaos in 321 BCE. The Hellenistic world eventually settled into four stable power blocks: the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, the Seleucid Empire in the east, the Kingdom of Pergamon in Asia Minor, and Macedon.
Detailed explanation-2: -There was no clear successor to Alexander, which created conflict between many of his commanders, who were greedy for land and power. This resulted in a divided kingdom and four Successor Wars, which lasted for the next quarter of a century and ended in c. 300 BCE.
Detailed explanation-3: -Seleucus I Nicator: The Ruler of the Largest of Hellenistic Kingdoms. Seleucus I Nicator also started his career as one of the generals and companions of Alexander the Great. After Alexander’s death, Seleucus took control of the eastern part of the empire, including Mesopotamia.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why did Alexander’s empire fall apart after his death? Because it was too much to rule and people destroyed it., Alexander the Great’s Empire fall apart after his death because: 1) Alexander didn’t have a heir. 2) Generals fought to be King.
Detailed explanation-5: -The empires were Hellenistic, phalanx, and masidonia. Why were these kingdoms called Hellenistic? They were called Hellenistic because they were kingdoms that believed in the same things.