Hellenistic period

E36831

era of ancient Greek history historical period

The Hellenistic period was an era from the death of Alexander the Great to the rise of the Roman Empire, marked by the widespread diffusion and blending of Greek culture with those of Egypt, the Near East, and Central Asia.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hellenistic world	27
Hellenistic culture	7
Hellenistic Greece	4
Hellenistic Athens	1
Hellenistic Greeks	1
Hellenistic period (early phase)	1
Hellenistic science	1
Hellenistic world (cultural sphere)	1
Hellenization	1

Statements (80)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era of ancient Greek history ⓘ historical period ⓘ
associatedWith	Alexander the Great ⓘ Diadochi ⓘ Epicureanism ⓘ Hellenistic Jews ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic Judaism Hellenistic architecture ⓘ Hellenistic art ⓘ Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ Hellenistic science ⓘ Skepticism ⓘ Stoicism ⓘ
characterizedBy	advances in science and philosophy ⓘ cultural syncretism ⓘ development of large cosmopolitan cities ⓘ expansion of trade networks ⓘ fusion of Greek and Eastern cultures ⓘ monarchic kingdoms ⓘ new forms of art and sculpture ⓘ spread of Greek language ⓘ urbanization ⓘ
chronologicalContext	between Classical Greece and Roman Empire ⓘ part of ancient history ⓘ
culturalImpact	Library of Alexandria ⓘ foundation of libraries and museums ⓘ spread of Greek education and paideia ⓘ
economicFeature	long-distance trade ⓘ monetized economies ⓘ
endDate	30 BC ⓘ 31 BC ⓘ
endEvent	Battle of Actium ⓘ Roman conquest of the Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
followedBy	Roman Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Roman Imperial period Roman Republic dominance in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
follows	Classical Greek period ⓘ age of Alexander the Great ⓘ
hasPart	Macedon ⓘ surface form: Antigonid Kingdom of Macedon Kingdom of Pergamon ⓘ surface form: Attalid Kingdom of Pergamon Cyrenaica ⓘ Greco-Bactrian Kingdom ⓘ Indo-Greek Kingdoms ⓘ Kingdom of Pontus ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ
mainRegion	Aegean Sea ⓘ surface form: Aegean Sea region Anatolia ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Egypt Greek mainland ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ Ancient Near East ⓘ surface form: Near East eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
majorCity	Alexandria ⓘ Antioch ⓘ Pella, Greece ⓘ surface form: Pella Pergamon ⓘ Rhodes ⓘ Ctesiphon ⓘ surface form: Seleucia on the Tigris
namedAfter	Greece ⓘ surface form: Hellas (Greece)
notableFigure	Antigonus I Monophthalmus ⓘ Archimedes ⓘ Attalus I of Pergamon ⓘ Cleopatra VII ⓘ Demetrius I of Macedon ⓘ Epicurus ⓘ Eratosthenes ⓘ Euclid ⓘ Ptolemy I Soter ⓘ Seleucus I Nicator ⓘ Zeno of Citium ⓘ
officialLanguage	Koine Greek ⓘ
politicalStructure	successor kingdoms of Alexander's empire ⓘ territorial monarchies ⓘ
precededBy	Classical Greece ⓘ
religiousDevelopment	Serapis ⓘ surface form: cult of Serapis spread of mystery cults ⓘ syncretism of Greek and Egyptian deities ⓘ
startDate	323 BC ⓘ
startEvent	death of Alexander the Great ⓘ
succeededBy	Roman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (208)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bruttians → activeDuringPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Alexander the Great → associatedWith → Hellenistic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenization

Isis-Serapis → associatedWith → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Cippus Perusinus → chronologicalContext → Hellenistic period ⓘ

History of Animals → circulatedIn → Hellenistic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic world

Idumea → culturalInfluence → Hellenistic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic culture

Delphi archaeological site → culturalPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Epidaurus → culturalPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Greece

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World → culturalSphere → Hellenistic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic world

Galatia → culture → Hellenistic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic culture

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom → culture → Hellenistic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic culture

Parthian Empire → culture → Hellenistic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic culture

Serapis → culture → Hellenistic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic world

Babylon → declinePeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Hermeticism → developedDuring → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Classical Greek architecture → developedInPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Academy of Athens → era → Hellenistic period ⓘ

subject surface form: Academy of Athens (ancient)

Alexander the Great → era → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Antiochus III the Great → era → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Apollodorus of Athens → era → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Archimedes → era → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Battle of Beneventum → era → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Battle of Heraclea → era → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Hephaestion → era → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Library of Alexandria → era → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Macedon → era → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Posidonius of Apamea → era → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Ptolemy I Soter → era → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Second Punic War → era → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Zeno of Citium → era → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Iberia (ancient kingdom) → existedDuring → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Dodona → flourishedDuring → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Demetrias → flourishedInPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Fortress of the Lord → flourishedInPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Idumea → flourishedInPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Pergamon → flourishedInPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Perge → flourishedInPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Classical Athens → followedBy → Hellenistic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Athens

Classical Greece → followedBy → Hellenistic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic Greece

Classical period → followedBy → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Ai-Khanoum → foundedInPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Jerash → foundedInPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Roman ruins of Jerash → foundedInPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Hellenistic religion → hasCulturalContext → Hellenistic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic world

Kingdom of Meroë → hasCulturalInfluenceFrom → Hellenistic period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenistic culture

Greek Antiquity → hasEndPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Irbid → hasHistoricPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Kadifekale → hasHistoricPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Veria → hasHistoricPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ

Jaffa → hasHistoricalPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ