1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
julia-pushkina [17]
3 years ago
12

I NEED THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PLEASE! 50 POINTS! Please help me out

History
1 answer:
77julia77 [94]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

In 336 B.C., Alexander the Great became the leader of the Greek kingdom of Macedonia. By the time he died 13 years later, Alexander had built an empire that stretched from Greece all the way to India. That brief but thorough empire-building campaign changed the world: It spread Greek ideas and culture from the Eastern Mediterranean to Asia. Historians call this era the “Hellenistic period.” (The word “Hellenistic” comes from the word Hellazein, which means “to speak Greek or identify with the Greeks.”) It lasted from the death of Alexander in 323 B.C. until 31 B.C., when Roman troops conquered the last of the territories that the Macedonian king had once ruled.

Macedonian Expansion

At the end of the classical period, around 360 B.C., the Greek city-states were weak and disorganized from two centuries of warfare. (First the Athenians fought with the Persians; then the Spartans fought with the Athenians during the Peloponnesian War; then the Spartans and the Athenians fought with one another and with the Thebans and the Persians.) All this fighting made it easy for another, previously unexceptional city-state to rise to power: Macedonia, under the assertive rule of King Philip II.

Did you know? Alexander the Great was just 20 years old when he became the leader of Macedonia.

Philip and the Macedonians began to expand their territory outward. They were helped along by a number of advances in military technology: long-range catapults, for example, along with pikes called sarissas that were about 16 feet long—long enough for soldiers to use not as projectiles, but as spears. King Philip’s generals also pioneered the use of the massive and intimidating infantry formation known as the phalanx.

King Philip’s ultimate goal was to conquer Persia and help himself to the empire’s land and riches. This was not to be; King Philip was assassinated by his bodyguard Pausanias in 336 B.C. at his daughter’s wedding, before he could enjoy the spoils of his victories. His son Alexander, known to history as "Alexander The Great," jumped at the chance to take over his father’s imperial project. The new Macedonian king led his troops across the Hellespont into Asia. (When he got there, he plunged an enormous sarissa into the ground and declared the land “spear won.”) From there, Alexander and his armies kept moving. They conquered huge chunks of western Asia and Egypt and pressed on into the Indus Valley.

The Hellenistic Age

Alexander’s empire was a fragile one, not destined to survive for long. After Alexander died in 323 B.C., his generals (known as the Diadochoi) divided his conquered lands amongst themselves. Soon, those fragments of the Alexandrian empire had become three powerful dynasties: the Seleucids of Syria and Persia, the Ptolemies of Egypt and the Antigonids of Greece and Macedonia.

Though these dynasties were not politically united–since Alexander’s death, they were no longer part of any Greek or Macedonian empire–they did share a great deal in common. It is these commonalities, the essential “Greek-ness” of the disparate parts of the Alexandrian world–that historians refer to when they talk about the Hellenistic Age.

The Hellenistic states were ruled absolutely by kings. (By contrast, the classical Greek city-states, or polei, had been governed democratically by their citizens.) These kings had a cosmopolitan view of the world, and were particularly interested in amassing as many of its riches as they could. As a result, they worked hard to cultivate commercial relationships throughout the Hellenistic world. They imported ivory, gold, ebony, pearls, cotton, spices and sugar (for medicine) from India; furs and iron from the Far East; wine from Syria and Chios; papyrus, linen and glass from Alexandria; olive oil from Athens; dates and prunes from Babylon and Damaskos; silver from Spain; copper from Cyprus; and tin from as far north as Cornwall and Brittany.

They also put their wealth on display for all to see, building elaborate palaces and commissioning art, sculptures and extravagant jewelry. They made huge donations to museums and zoos and they sponsored libraries (the famous

libraries at Alexandria and Pergamum, for instance) and universities. The university at Alexandria was home to the mathematicians Euclid, Apollonios and Archimedes, along with the inventors Ktesibios (the water clock) and Heron (the model steam engine).

Hellenistic Culture

People, like goods, moved fluidly around the Hellenistic kingdoms. Almost everyone in the former Alexandrian empire spoke and read the same language: koine, or “the common tongue,” a kind of colloquial Greek. Koine was a unifying cultural force: No matter where a person came from, he could communicate with anyone in this cosmopolitan Hellenistic world.

You might be interested in
The Fourth Amendment protects a. Americans from unreasonable searches conducted only by federal officers.b. all searches conduct
Elenna [48]

Answer:

d.

Explanation:

I hope this helps, here's what I found on the web.

<em>The Constitution, through the Fourth Amendment, protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. </em><em>The Fourth Amendment, however, is not a guarantee against all searches and seizures, but only those that are deemed </em><u><em>unreasonable under the law.</em></u>

4 0
3 years ago
What kind of state should be referred to as a " republic" according to Rousseau? Why?
IRINA_888 [86]
The state that is governed by laws because the laws are the conditions of civil association
5 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
What type of equality is expressed in the declaration of independence?
Nina [5.8K]
The second paragraph of the United States Declaration of Independence says that "all men are created equal<span>, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness."   Hope this helps... please make brainiest!</span><span />
8 0
3 years ago
Which killed the greatest number of American soldiers during the Spanish American war
Leno4ka [110]
I guess yellow fever
4 0
3 years ago
What things did the labor union have in common?
Alik [6]

Answer: See explanation

Explanation:

A labor union, orvm sometimes refered to as a labor organization is formed by workers and its role is to ensure that employees work in good working conditions and also seek to help the imorice their pay and benefits.

One common thing to labor unions is that they all share a common goal which is to help the workers in a particular industry.

5 0
2 years ago
Other questions:
  • Both Psalm 89 and Psalm 23 illustrate God's faithfulness to man. True False
    11·2 answers
  • The mexican- ameircan war of 1846-1848 was justified in the opinions of many by
    6·1 answer
  • Which is NOT a section of the Declaration of Independence?
    7·1 answer
  • The United States declared war on Great Britain in 1812 because
    6·1 answer
  • What was the Great Migration during World War I?
    13·1 answer
  • Democrats who were disloyal to the Party during the election of 1928 were given the nickname ______________. a. ""Ruffians"" b.
    6·2 answers
  • How did the British treat the native Americans​
    5·1 answer
  • What is it called that you cannot be charged with the same crime twice?
    14·1 answer
  • What does "We the people" represent in the Preamble to the Constitution?
    9·1 answer
  • How did the reference to the Declaration of Independence influence the meaning of the Gettysburg Address?
    7·2 answers
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!