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Hellenistic Age
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Historians name for the era 323-30 BCE in which Creek culture spread across western Asia and northeastern Africa after the conquests of Alexander the Great.
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Hellenistic
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greatly influenced by Greek culture.
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Hellenization
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included intermarriage between Greeks and non-Greeks,the spread of the Greek language and lifestyle, and a synthesis of indigenous and Greek culture.
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After Alexander died
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his empire broke up into three kingdoms, a Macedonian dynasty was established on each continent.
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Seleucid
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included the bulk of Alexander’s conquests of Mesopotamia, Syria, parts of Anatolia, and peripheral possessions including Iran and the Indus Valley.
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Antigonid
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ruled Macedonia and the adjacent parts of Greece. The Spartans, however, as well as new confederations of city-states, resisted Macedonian rule, while Athens remained neutral.
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Ptolemies
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ruled Egypt and sometimes Palestine. The Ptolemies made Alexandria their capital and actively encouraged Greek immigration.
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Alexandria
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located near where the Nile runs into Mediterranean meant to be a link btw Egypt and the Mediterranean world. The greatest city of the Hellenistic age. Located in Egypt but was a Greek city. Its Greek residents enjoyed citizenship and took part in the institutions of government (the Assembly and the Council). Mausoleum of Alexander, the Library, and the Museum, Alexandria was a political center, a great center of learning, and a major trading city.
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