Ancient Greece and Rome 1200 B.c.e.-476 C.e.: Literature - Research Article from Arts and Humanities Through the Eras

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 171 pages of information about Ancient Greece and Rome 1200 B.c.e.-476 C.e..

Ancient Greece and Rome 1200 B.c.e.-476 C.e.: Literature - Research Article from Arts and Humanities Through the Eras

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A Changed World.

When Alexander the Great died in Babylon in 323 B.C.E. he left the Greek world irrevocably changed. The centers of Greek culture moved away from the old city-states of Greece to the capitals of the new Hellenistic kingdoms that were centers of wealth and power. Athens held its own in the field of culture, but it was an exception. Egypt emerged as a magnet for the Greeks. On Alexander's death, one of his shrewder generals, Ptolemy, secured Egypt as his province and established himself at Alexandria. Alexander's young son was killed in 310 B.C.E., and in 305 B.C.E., after there was no longer any pretense of unity in the empire Alexander had conquered, Ptolemy declared himself king. Ptolemy wanted to make Alexandria a hub of Greek culture, for the Greeks lived side-by-side...

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