Hellenistic means relating to Greek history, language, and culturefrom the death of Alexander the Great to the defeat of Cleopatraand Mark Antony by Octavian in 31 BCE. During this period Alexanderthe Great’s Greek culture that he spread to the lands he conquered,flourished, spreading through the Mediterranean and into the NearEast and Asia and centring on Alexandria in Egypt and Pergamum inmodern day Turkey.

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