Hellenistic kingdoms
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The Hellenistic kingdoms were successor states to Alexander the Great’s empire, characterized by Greek-speaking monarchies that ruled over diverse populations across the eastern Mediterranean and Near East.
Observed surface forms (9)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Seleucid Empire | 0 | 4 |
| Hellenistic period | 0 | 2 |
| Alexander the Great’s eastern satrapies | 0 | 1 |
| Empire of Alexander the Great | 0 | 1 |
| Hellenistic Near East | 0 | 1 |
| Hellenistic kings | 0 | 1 |
| Hellenistic monarchies | 0 | 1 |
| Hellenistic world | 0 | 1 |
| Macedonian Empire | 0 | 1 |
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical polity
→
monarchy → successor state → |
| endTime |
1st century BCE
→
1st century CE → |
| followedBy |
Parthian Empire
→
Roman Empire → |
| follows |
Diadochi
→
surface form:
Empire of Alexander the Great
|
| hasCapital |
Ai-Khanoum
→
Alexandria, Egypt →
surface form:
Alexandria in Egypt
Antioch on the Orontes → Pella, Greece →
surface form:
Pella
Pergamon → |
| hasCharacteristic |
Greek-speaking elites
→
Hellenization of local elites → bureaucratic administration → cosmopolitan urban centers → cultural fusion of Greek and local traditions → monarchical rule → multiethnic populations → royal patronage of arts and sciences → territorial monarchies → use of Greek as lingua franca → |
| hasCulturalOutput |
Hellenistic art
→
Hellenistic literature → Hellenistic philosophy → Hellenistic science → |
| hasEconomicActivity |
coinage-based taxation
→
long-distance trade → monetized economy → |
| hasLanguage | Greek language → |
| hasPart |
Macedonian Kingdom under the Antipatrids and Antigonids
→
surface form:
Antigonid Kingdom of Macedon
Pergamon →
surface form:
Attalid Kingdom of Pergamon
Kingdom of the Bosporus →
surface form:
Bosporan Kingdom
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom → Indo-Greek Kingdoms → Kingdom of Cappadocia → Kingdom of Commagene → Cyrenaica →
surface form:
Kingdom of Cyrenaica
Epirus →
surface form:
Kingdom of Epirus
Kingdom of Pontus → Macedonian Kingdom under the Antipatrids and Antigonids → Ptolemaic Kingdom → Seleucid Empire → |
| hasReligion |
ancient Greek religion
→
local Near Eastern cults → syncretic Greco-Egyptian cults → |
| militaryCharacteristic |
professional standing armies
→
use of Macedonian phalanx → use of war elephants → |
| notableInstitution |
Library of Alexandria
→
Library of Alexandria →
surface form:
Museum of Alexandria
|
| partOf | Hellenistic period → |
| politicalStructure |
court-centered governance
→
hereditary kingship → |
| precededBy | Achaemenid Empire → |
| startTime | late 4th century BCE → |
| territoryIncludes |
Anatolia
→
Central Asia → Egypt → Iranian plateau → Levant region →
surface form:
Levant
Mesopotamia → Middle East →
surface form:
Near East
eastern Mediterranean → parts of the Indian subcontinent → |
| usesScript | Greek alphabet → |
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Macedonian Empire
this entity surface form:
Empire of Alexander the Great
this entity surface form:
Seleucid Empire
this entity surface form:
Hellenistic Near East
this entity surface form:
Hellenistic period
this entity surface form:
Seleucid Empire
this entity surface form:
Alexander the Great’s eastern satrapies
this entity surface form:
Hellenistic world
this entity surface form:
Seleucid Empire
this entity surface form:
Hellenistic period
this entity surface form:
Seleucid Empire