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    How did Hellenistic Culture shape the rest of the Mediterranean world? The Hellenistic culture had a huge influence and major effect on the Mediterranean world because it was very advanced and highly educated. Many Greek and Hellenistic ideas were spread throughout the countries such as‚ Egypt‚ India and Southwest Asia. First-hand and advanced ways of math‚ science and philosophy were developing their way into these other countries. It affected the way that they thought and their way of life

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    Hellenistic Period The Hellenistic Period was a new cultural age influence by Alexander the Great. It started after the death of Alexander and ended with the rise of Roman domination. After the death of Alexander the Great‚ his empire split up into smaller kingdoms and the Romans began to gain power. During this period‚ Greek ideas and culture was spread‚ hence the name Hellenic meaning Greek. Greek culture expanded from modest‚ localized city-states to large‚ open communities. The art in this period

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    developments of the Hellenistic World? The Hellenistic era was the age of Alexander the Great and beyond roughly 300BC-30BC.  One of Alexander’s generals was later appointed governor of Egypt and signified an end of the pharaohs of independent Egypt.  This was the age of Cleopatra and lasted until the Roman conquests in 30BC.  Alexander also appointed a governor for Babylonia as well.  This was the age of the rise of the Roman Empire as well.  The end of the Hellenistic Age came when Greece

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    Kathleen Grundowski Western Civilization I Mary Hogan 18 September 2008 Classical and Hellenistic Greece The Classical Age of Greece was marked by an explosion in literature‚ philosophy‚ drama‚ and history. This period produced such philosophers as Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle; the Greek drama and comedy was introduced; Alexander the Great built one of the largest empires ever known. The Classical Age forced people to reexamine themselves and the world they lived in. The Classical

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    realm of art and architecture. DEspite commonly being perceived as a single‚ uniform time period‚ there were several distinct periods of artistic styles including the Geometric‚ Classical‚ and Hellenistic periods. Each period is marked by distinctive characteristics that set it apart and often also reflect the historical and mythological aspects of Greek society. The Geometric period was one of the earliest period of Greek art‚ lasting from the ninth till the end of the eighth century BCE. Its name is

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    History of the Greeks: Hellenic and Hellenistic The Hellenic Age and the Hellenistic Age are the two main periods in Greek history. The Hellenic Age is significantly different from the Hellenistic Age. The Hellenic period saw the rising and falling of the polis while Hellenistic period was plagued by warfare among the remaining dynasties. Despite the differences between the Hellenic and Hellenistic periods‚ the one thing that remained consistent in both periods was the Greeks’ ability to not only

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    mean by Hellenistic civilization? Include the features a city needed to have to be seen as Greek The Hellenistic Age marks the transformation of Greek society from the localized and introverted city-states to an open and sometimes exuberant culture that permeated the entire eastern Mediterranean‚ and Southwest Asia. Greek culture and power extended itself across the known world: while the classical age of Greece produced great literature‚ poetry‚ philosophy‚ drama‚ and art. The Hellenistic period

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    Classical Greece and Hellenistic Greece have a lot of differences. They have differences in time as the classical Greek‚ or‚ Hellenic period was the time before the death of Alexander The Great. Some of them are the studies of philosophy‚ literature‚ art‚ science‚ and religion. As a result of Alexander’s campaigns‚ the Greek world was forever changed after his death in 323 BCE. Alexander’s campaigns had brought the Greeks into contact with a number of Asian cultures‚ and Alexander had wanted

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    IN WHAT WAYS WERE THE ROMANS HEIRS TO GREEK AND HELLENISTIC CIVILIZATION? The Hellenistic civilization marked an important time in Greek culture. This was the period between 323 and 31 BC‚ at one point the Greek society changed from being withdrawn and localized to an aggressive multinational‚ unprotected‚ and eager culture that infused together southwest Asia and eastern Mediterranean. The Hellenistic world involved many different people but the Greeks’ thinking and way of life influenced

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    Previous to the Hellenistic world as was known‚ everything had been under the shadow of Athens which catered all sources before that to them. It was not until after the rise of the Macedonians‚ most importantly Alexander‚ that would bring about a change in the literature that characterized the world. Theocritus‚ whose experience and relationships enable him to complete his works‚ displays this shift in his series of bucolic poetry entitled Idylls. Within these almost thirty poems we are introduced

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