Neither - the Hellenistic Age came after the deaths of Pericles, and after the death of Alexander. His successors divided his new empire amongst themselves, setting up their own kingdoms. These kingdoms had a veneer of Hellenic (Greek) culture, so we call them Hellenistic, that is a bit like Hellenic, but not fully Hellenised.
neither the Hellenistic Age was a period after Alexander the Great died. he died when he was turning his army to go home after they had gone halfway to India to conquer the land.
Neither Pericles nor Alexander the Great reigned during the Hellenistic age of Greece. Pericles was in power in during the 5th century BCE, Alexander the Great died June 323 BCE. The Hellenistic age began in 323 BCE, after Alexander's death.
Pericles was 5th Century BCE and ruled nothing - he was First Citizen in democratic Athens. Alexander was 4th Century BCE, and defeated and took over the Persian Empire. His successors divided his empire up and started calling themselves kings. These are known as the Hellenistic Kingdoms. They lasted until progressively swallowed up by the Roman Empire in the 2nd and 1st Centuries BCE.
When Alexander the Great died and the Hellenistic Period began, his empire was divided into three parts.AntipaterPtolemyDariusAugustus was given Macedonia and Greece to rule.
The Hellenistic period was the period between the conquests of Alexander the Great to the conquest of Egypt, the last Hellenistic state which fell to the Romans,
Ancient Greece was bordered by the kingdoms of Paeonia and Illyria and depending on what era, Thrace.*** Macedonia and Epirus were the buffers of Greece in Europe...R. M. Cook, British archaeologist, "The Greeks until Alexander", 1962, p. 23.
Neither Pericles nor Alexander the Great reigned during the Hellenistic age of Greece. Pericles was in power in during the 5th century BCE, Alexander the Great died June 323 BCE. The Hellenistic age began in 323 BCE, after Alexander's death.
Pericles was 5th Century BCE and ruled nothing - he was First Citizen in democratic Athens. Alexander was 4th Century BCE, and defeated and took over the Persian Empire. His successors divided his empire up and started calling themselves kings. These are known as the Hellenistic Kingdoms. They lasted until progressively swallowed up by the Roman Empire in the 2nd and 1st Centuries BCE.
Hellenistic Kingdoms.
When Alexander the Great died and the Hellenistic Period began, his empire was divided into three parts.AntipaterPtolemyDariusAugustus was given Macedonia and Greece to rule.
The Hellenistic period was the period between the conquests of Alexander the Great to the conquest of Egypt, the last Hellenistic state which fell to the Romans,
Alexander the Great was the main influence of Hellenistic civilization. Alexander the Great conquered all of Greece, the Middle East and Asia Minor, in doing so he blended all of their cultures to create Hellenism.
Ancient Greece was bordered by the kingdoms of Paeonia and Illyria and depending on what era, Thrace.*** Macedonia and Epirus were the buffers of Greece in Europe...R. M. Cook, British archaeologist, "The Greeks until Alexander", 1962, p. 23.
The time during which Alexander the Great ruled was notcalled the Hellenistic Age. The Hellenistic Age began with the death of Alexander in 323 and continued until the Romans had fully conquered the rest of the empire in 30 BCE (with Cleopatra VII's suicide)
Mostly the unification of Greece under Alexander the Great and his pushing for expansion into Persian lands.
The Hellenistic states which succeeded Alexander dwindled and the Roman Empire expanded through Greece. The holdout was Alexandria which became the bastion of Greek culture.
he won against the Persians
Hellenistic was a period of time relating to ancient Greece after the death of Alexander the Great until 323 BC. The best way to get rid of Hellenistic notions would probably be to read about later periods of time.