The Hellenistic Period (jan 1, 323 BC – jan 1, 30 BC)
Description:
-Where: Anatolia and western Asia
-When Alexander the Great took over the lands of Northeastern Africa and Western Asia, they were “hellenized” - or powerfully influenced by Greek culture
-There were three major Hellenistic kingdoms; the Seleucids, the Ptolemies, and the Antigonids
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Date:
jan 1, 323 BC
jan 1, 30 BC
~ 293 years