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The Diadochi ( / daɪˈædəkaɪ / dy-AD-ə-ky; [1] singular: Diadochos; from Greek: Διάδοχοι, translit. Diádochoi, lit. "Successors", Koinē Greek pronunciation: [diˈadokʰy]) were the rival generals, families, and friends of Alexander the Great who fought for control over his empire after his death in 323 BC.
Nov 1, 2018 · The Hellenistic World (from the Greek word Hellas for Greece) is the known world after the conquests of Alexander the Great and corresponds roughly with the Hellenistic Period of ancient Greece, from 323 BCE ( Alexander 's death) to the annexation of Greece by Rome in 146 BCE. Although Rome's rule ended Greek independence and autonomy it did ...
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Alexander reluctantly turned back, and died of a fever in Babylon in 323 B.C.E. Alexander's empire broke up soon after his death, but his conquests permanently changed the Greek world. Thousands of Greeks traveled with him or after him to settle in the new Greek cities he had founded as he advanced, the most important being Alexandria in Egypt.
Mar 28, 2024 · By Nick Kampouris. March 28, 2024. The Successors fought over and carved up Alexander the Great’s empire into several kingdoms after his death, a legacy which reigned on and continued the influence of ancient Greek culture abroad for over three hundred more years. This map depicts the kingdoms of the Successors c. 301 BC after the Battle of ...
Hellenistic Greece is the historical period of the country following Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the annexation of the classical Greek Achaean League heartlands by the Roman Republic. This culminated at the Battle of Corinth in 146 BC, a crushing Roman victory in the Peloponnese that led to the ...
The Hellenistic Period, spanning from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to the annexation of Greece by Rome in 146 BC, marked a transformative era in ancient history characterized by the spread of Greek culture and influence across the vast territories conquered by Alexander. While the death of Alexander led to the fragmentation of his ...
Discuss the role that Alexander the Great’s conquests played in spreading Greek culture. The Classical period in Greece ended when Greece lost its freedom to the Kingdom of Macedon and Macedon’s king Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire. The period that followed Alexander’s death is known as the Hellenistic period (323–31 BCE).
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