Hellenistic period

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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.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Hellenistic world 27
Hellenistic culture 7
Hellenistic Greece 4

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.

Antioch → partOf → Hellenistic period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Apollonia (port of Cyrene) → partOf → Hellenistic period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Cyrene → partOf → Hellenistic period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Demetrias → partOf → Hellenistic period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom → partOf → Hellenistic period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Hellenistic art → partOf → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Hellenistic kingdoms → partOf → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Iconium → partOf → Hellenistic period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Indo-Greek Kingdoms → partOf → Hellenistic period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Kingdom of Pontus → partOf → Hellenistic period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Kingdom of the Bosporus → partOf → Hellenistic period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Lampsacus → partOf → Hellenistic period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Nabataean kingdom → partOf → Hellenistic period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world (cultural sphere)
Pamphylia → partOf → Hellenistic period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Phrygia → partOf → Hellenistic period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Ptolemaic Kingdom → partOf → Hellenistic period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Seleucid Empire → partOf → Hellenistic period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Syrian Wars → partOf → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Ephesus → peakPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Delos → peakProsperityPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Antiochus IV Epiphanes → period → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Argonautica → period → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Herodium → period → Hellenistic period ⓘ
necropolis of Cyrene → period → Hellenistic period ⓘ
subject surface form: Necropolis of Cyrene
Winged Victory of Samothrace → period → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Epidaurus → periodOfFlourishing → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Sicyon → periodOfFlourishing → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Vani → periodOfFlourishing → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Bel and the Dragon → periodOfOrigin → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Isis-Serapis → periodOfProminence → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Bouleuterion of Olympia → periodOfUse → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Dionysian Mysteries → practicedIn → Hellenistic period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Orphic Mysteries → practicedIn → Hellenistic period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic world
Hellenistic religion → practicedInPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Didyma → rebuiltInPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Panticapaeum → significantPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Qal'at al-Bahrain → significantPeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Demetrias → timeOfUse → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Aetolians → timePeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Alexandria on the Indus → timePeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Altis sacred precinct → timePeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ
city of Amphissa → timePeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ
subject surface form: Amphissa
Ancient Mediterranean world → timePeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ
subject surface form: Asclepiades
this entity surface form: Hellenistic Greece
Aspendos → timePeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Bastarnae → timePeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ
Bethsaida → timePeriod → Hellenistic period ⓘ