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the civilization of greek life,as organized around the city state of the early 5th century was only doubtfully civilized,to the north and west lay greek speaking barbarism
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What influences made up Hellenistic culture?
Hellenistic means 'like Greek'.
Who is considered responsible for the Hellenistic era?
Alexander the Great's generals, after his early death at age 33, divided up his empire, establishing their own kingdoms and spreading Greek culture within them. We today call these the Hellenistic Kingdoms (Hellenistic = like Hellenism)
Which cultures made up the Hellenistic Culture?
Greek, Egyptian, Persian and Indian according to our teacher
What three main cultures made up the Hellenistic culture?
Hellenistic culture was a mixture of Greek, Egyptian, Semitic, and Persian cultures. The Hellenistic mystery religions were syncretic manifestations of this cultural mixture.
Which Greek period marked the end of political independence?
The Hellenistic period after Alexander's death, when his empire was divided up by his generals, who established the Hellenistic Kingdoms.
Why is it called the Hellenistic period?
The period after Alexander was known as the Hellenistic age. His generals divided his empire up between them and continued Alexander's policy of introducing Greek culture to the conquered lands. The generals set themselves up as kings of their territory - we call them today the Hellenistic Kingdoms.
Why were the kindoms called Hellenistic Hellenistic Macedonia Hellenistic Syria and Hellenistic Egypt?
Hellenistic refers to Hellenism - Greek culture. Alexander the Great, on capturing the Persian Empire, tried to introduce Greek culture as a way of civilising it according to his viewpoint. On his death his generals split up this empire amongst themselves as kings. They introduced a veneer of Greek culture amongst the upper classes of their kingdoms, but the lower classes continued on their own cultures. We today call them Hellenistic (like Greek) rather then Hellenic (Greek) as they were superficially like Greek, but not fully so.
How did the Hellenistic culture spread?
Alexander the great's generals, after his death, divided his new found empire up amongst themselves, establishing what we today call the Hellenistic kingdoms - Hellenistic because the ruling Macedonian and Greek classes adopted Greek culture. The fact that it was partial (the lower classes continued their traditional ways) we use Hellenistic (like Hellenic) rather than Hellenic.
How did the Hellenists spread Greek cultures?
Alexander the Great's generals, after his death, divided his new found empire up amongst themselves, establishing what we today call the Hellenistic kingdoms - Hellenistic because the ruling Macedonian and Greek classes adopted Greek culture. The fact that it was partial (the lower classes continued their traditional ways) we use Hellenistic (like Hellenic) rather than Hellenic.
What three religions make up Hellenistic culture?
The Hellenistic culture was still firmly based in the classical Greek belief in the Olympian deities. However, the Egyptian worship of Isis, the Greek religion Serapis, and the Syrian religion of Atargatis began to reshape the culture.
Why were three kingdoms created from Alexander the Greats empire?
Hellenistic comes from Hellas a.k.a Greece. Historians around the world believe that when Alexander with the other greek cities went against the Persians and the other countries in the east, he brought their advanced greek civilization, culture and language. This is also the reason that the new testimony was written in greek. This is why those kingdoms were called Hellenistic as well as the whole era.
What was the long term impact of the Persian Wars on Greek civilization?
Over a hundred years after the wars ended, Macedonia captured the Persian Empire and split it up into what we call the Hellenistic Kingdoms ruled by Alexander the Great's generals. These Greek-ruled kingdoms introduced a veneer of Greek culture which remained for several hundred years until displaced by Arab culture from the Seventh Century CE onwards.
