Hellenistic period

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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.

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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

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Soter timePeriodOfUse Hellenistic period
Apollodorus of Athens era Hellenistic period
Greeks historicalRegion Hellenistic period
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Greeks historicalPredecessor Hellenistic period
this entity surface form: Hellenistic Greeks
Sidon historicalEra Hellenistic period
Academy of Athens era Hellenistic period
subject surface form: Academy of Athens (ancient)
Hellenistic religion practicedInPeriod Hellenistic period
Hellenistic religion hasCulturalContext Hellenistic period
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Figaleia historicalPeriod Hellenistic period
Via Egnatia historicalPeriod Hellenistic period
Northwest Greek timePeriod Hellenistic period
Ancient Mediterranean world timePeriod Hellenistic period
Nabataean kingdom partOf Hellenistic period
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world (cultural sphere)
Kingdom of Meroë hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Hellenistic period
this entity surface form: Hellenistic culture
Second Punic War era Hellenistic period
Classical Greece followedBy Hellenistic period
this entity surface form: Hellenistic Greece
Bethsaida timePeriod Hellenistic period
Mauretania (ancient kingdom) timePeriod Hellenistic period
Winged Victory of Samothrace period Hellenistic period
Lucania timePeriod Hellenistic period
Sanctuary of Apollo timePeriod Hellenistic period
subject surface form: Sanctuary of Apollo at Cyrene
Apollonia (port of Cyrene) partOf Hellenistic period
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Apollonia (port of Cyrene) historicalPeriod Hellenistic period
Bruttians activeDuringPeriod Hellenistic period
agora of Cyrene historicalPeriod Hellenistic period
necropolis of Cyrene period Hellenistic period
subject surface form: Necropolis of Cyrene
House of Wisdom influencedBy Hellenistic period
this entity surface form: Hellenistic science
Bastarnae timePeriod Hellenistic period
Argonautica period Hellenistic period
Hermeticism developedDuring Hellenistic period
Hermaphroditus worshipCult Hellenistic period
Nike (Greek goddess of victory) timePeriodOfWorship Hellenistic period
subject surface form: Nike
Ephesus peakPeriod Hellenistic period
Catana historicalPeriod Hellenistic period
Battle of Heraclea era Hellenistic period
Metapontum timePeriod Hellenistic period
Books of the Maccabees historicalContext Hellenistic period
Zeno of Citium era Hellenistic period
Fortress of the Lord flourishedInPeriod Hellenistic period
Acre wasImportantInPeriod Hellenistic period
Posidonius of Apamea era Hellenistic period
Tyche worshipPeriod Hellenistic period
Battle of Beneventum era Hellenistic period
Corinthia historicalPeriod Hellenistic period
Phlius historicalPeriod Hellenistic period
Cappadocia historicalPeriod Hellenistic period
Thebes timePeriod Hellenistic period
Pamphylia partOf Hellenistic period
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world