Examples of Hellenization in the following topics:
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- Alexander instituted a number of policies that contributed to the Hellenization of his empire, including the mixing of Greek and Asian cultural customs.
- It seems likely that Alexander himself pursued deliberate "Hellenization" policies.While these policies could have been an attempt to spread Greek culture, it is more likely that his policies were a series of pragmatic measures designed to aid in the rule of his enormous empire.
- Explain how Alexander's Hellenization policies simultaneously aided in the ruling of his empire and spread Greek culture
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- The term
"Hellenization" was coined to denote the spread of Greek language,
culture, and population into the former Persian empire after Alexander's
conquest.
- Alexander deliberately pursued Hellenization policies in the
communities he conquered.
- Alexander’s Hellenization policies can also be viewed as a
result of his probable megalomania.
- Nevertheless, Hellenization occurred throughout the region,
accompanied by a distinct and opposite "Orientalization" of the successor
states.
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- The term Hellenization means the spread of Greek language, culture, and population.
- Hellenization occurred throughout the region, followed by later Orientalization.
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- Philip II’s conquests during the Third Sacred
War cemented his power, as well as the influence of Macedon, throughout the Hellenic
world.
- Macedon rose from a small
kingdom on the periphery of classical Greek affairs, to a dominant player in the
Hellenic world and beyond, within the span of 25 years between 359 and 336 BCE.
- Philip earned immense
prestige and secured Macedon’s position in the Hellenic world during his
involvement in the Third Sacred War, which began in Greece in 356 BCE.
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- It was previously believed that all contact had
been lost between mainland Hellenes and foreign powers during this period;
however, artifacts from excavations at Lefkandi in Euboea show that significant
cultural and trade links with the east, especially the Levant coast, developed
from approximately 900 BCE onward.
- Evidence has also emerged of a Hellenic
presence in sub-Mycenaean Cyprus, and on the Syrian coast at Al Mina.
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- Athens attained its Golden Age under Pericles in the 5th century BCE, and flourished culturally as the hegemonic power of the Hellenic world.
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- Despite their
successes, however, the spoils of war caused greater inner conflict within the
Hellenic world.
- The
Spartan withdrawal from the League had the effect, however, of allowing Athens
to establish unchallenged naval and commercial power, unrivaled throughout the
Hellenic world.
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- The Persian Wars (499-449 BCE) were fought between the Achaemenid Empire and the Hellenic world during the Greek classical period.
- The Spartan withdrawal from the
League allowed Athens to establish unchallenged naval and commercial power within the Hellenic world.
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- Another of Hadrian's contributions to popular Roman culture was the beard, which symbolised his philhellenism: Dio of Prusa had equated the generalized using of the beard with Hellenic ethos.
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- Greek states and Hellenic kingdoms in West Asia became
trading partners.