WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hellenistic culture was created through contact between people ruled by Alexander the Great and spread by those that traveled in his empire (cultural diffusion). People throughout Alexander’s empire assimilated or absorbed Greek ideas and culture.

Detailed explanation-2: -What do you mean when you say Hellenistic? 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-3: -The Hellenistic Age was a time when Greeks came in contact with outside people and their Hellenic, classic culture blended with cultures from Asia and Africa to create a blended culture. One man, Alexander, King of Macedonia, a Greek-speaker, is responsible for this blending of cultures.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Hellenistic Period starts with the conquests of Alexander the Great and ends late in the 1st century B.C. Hellenistic culture fused Greek with Egyptian, Middle Eastern and Eastern cultures.