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4 days ago · In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra VII (30 BC), [1] followed by the emergence of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the ...
1 day ago · 'Kingdom of the Seleucids') was a Greek power in the Hellenized Middle East during the Hellenistic period. It was founded in 312 BC by the Macedonian general Seleucus I Nicator , following the division of the Macedonian Empire founded by Alexander the Great , [12] [13] [14] [15] and ruled by the Seleucid dynasty until its annexation by the ...
- 3,000,000 km² (1,200,000 sq mi)
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4 days ago · Ancient Carthage ( / ˈkɑːrθɪdʒ / KAR-thij; Punic: 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕, lit. 'New City') was an ancient Semitic civilisation based in North Africa. [4] Initially a settlement in present-day Tunisia, it later became a city-state and then an empire.
1 day ago · Greek (Modern Greek: Ελληνικά, romanized: Elliniká, pronounced; Ancient Greek: Ἑλληνική, romanized: Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
- 13.5 million (2012)
5 days ago · The Hellenistic Period was a vibrant antique era that lasted from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE until the death of Cleopatra VII of Egypt in 30 BCE. It spawned a new international culture unified by the Greek language as well as a new artistic style unified by emotional theatricality.
2 days ago · Vietnamese (Vietnamese: tiếng Việt) is an Austroasiatic language spoken primarily in Vietnam where it is the national and official language. Vietnamese is spoken natively by around 85 million people, [1] several times as many as the rest of the Austroasiatic family combined. [5]
2 days ago · Zoroastrianism, also known as Mazdayasna and Behdin, is an Iranian religion. One of the world's oldest organized faiths, it is based on the teachings of the Avesta and the Iranian prophet Zoroaster. Zoroastrians exalt an uncreated and benevolent deity of wisdom, commonly referred to as "Ahura Mazda" ( Avestan: 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬋 ...
