The Mycenaean Greeks.
The Macedonian and Greek aristocracy maintained Greek culture, the rest of the populaces of the kingdoms, established by Alexander's generals after his death, continued their own cultures. We call the kingdoms Hellenistic (like Greek) rather then Hellenic (Greek) because of this.
I think it was the Mycenaeans who built the first Greek kingdoms
it developed because Mycenaean built the first Greek kingdoms and spread their power across the Mediterranean region.
His general divided his empire amongst themselves and established kingdoms of their own. These kingdoms became Greek for the ruling Macedonians and Greeks, but the rest continued their own cultures.
The Hellenistic period after Alexander's death, when his empire was divided up by his generals, who established the Hellenistic Kingdoms.
The Macedonian and Greek aristocracy maintained Greek culture, the rest of the populaces of the kingdoms, established by Alexander's generals after his death, continued their own cultures. We call the kingdoms Hellenistic (like Greek) rather then Hellenic (Greek) because of this.
I think it was the Mycenaeans who built the first Greek kingdoms
I think it was the Mycenaeans who built the first Greek kingdoms
it developed because Mycenaean built the first Greek kingdoms and spread their power across the Mediterranean region.
The Mycenaean empire became the first the Greek Kingdom. They traded with the areas around them and developed around 2,000 BC
His general divided his empire amongst themselves and established kingdoms of their own. These kingdoms became Greek for the ruling Macedonians and Greeks, but the rest continued their own cultures.
The Hellenistic period after Alexander's death, when his empire was divided up by his generals, who established the Hellenistic Kingdoms.
His general divided his empire amongst themselves and established kingdoms of their own. These kingdoms became Greek for the ruling Macedonians and Greeks, but the rest continued their own cultures.
Pytheas
Countries evolved from kingdoms and empires, so it would depend upon your def of "country."
Their appointed councils and assemblies. The city-states were independent until Alexander's successors established the kingdoms of Macedonia, Egypt and Syria.
The Hellenistic civilisation was established in the the kingdoms which Alexander's generals established from his empire after his death. They established kingdoms of their own from the ex-Persian empire which Alexander had seized, settling down after much infighting to Egypt, Macedonia, Syria and Pergamon. The word Hellenistic means 'like Hellenic' as it affected only the Macedonian and Greek upper classes, the mass of people continuing their own cultures. Hellenes and Hellenic is what the Greeks called themselves - the word Greek was bestowed on them by Rome.