HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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the Hellenistic period.
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the Sicilian period.
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the Pan-Iberian period.
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the Greek period.
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Detailed explanation-1: -With his death marking the start of the Hellenistic period, Alexander’s legacy includes the cultural diffusion and syncretism that his conquests engendered, such as Greco-Buddhism and Hellenistic Judaism. He founded more than twenty cities, with the most prominent being the city of Alexandria in Egypt.
Detailed explanation-2: -How Alexander the Great Conquered the Persian Empire. For more than two centuries, the Achaemenid Empire of Persia ruled the Mediterranean world. One of history’s first true super powers, the Persian Empire stretched from the borders of India down through Egypt and up to the northern borders of Greece.
Detailed explanation-3: -The word Hellenistic comes from the root word Hellas, which was the ancient Greek word for Greece. The Hellenic Age was the time when Greek culture was pure and unaffected by other cultures.
Detailed explanation-4: -Introduction. 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).