In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Greek history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323...
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Greek culture during the Hellenistic period and the Roman Empire (c. 300 BCE to 300 CE). There was much continuity in Hellenistic religion: people continued...
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Hellenistic philosophy is Ancient Greek philosophy corresponding to the Hellenistic period in Ancient Greece, from the death of Alexander the Great in...
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Hellenistic Greece is the historical period of Ancient Greece following Classical Greece and between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the...
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Hellenistic astrology is a tradition of horoscopic astrology that was developed and practiced in the late Hellenistic period in and around the Mediterranean...
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Science in classical antiquity (redirect from Science in the Hellenistic period)
by some as the "founder of physiology". Greek mathematics in the Hellenistic period reached a level of sophistication not matched for several centuries...
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Hellenistic art Hellenistic art is the art of the Hellenistic period generally taken to begin with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and end with...
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from the Persian period show no political aspirations for independence, and in the early Hellenistic period, Jews viewed the Hellenistic rulers favorably...
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Mount Gerizim Temple (section Hellenistic period)
sacrificial practices. The site underwent major expansion during the Hellenistic period during the reign of Antiochus III (223–187 BCE), when a large fortified...
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Skene (theatre) (section Hellenistic period)
and would have provided a permanent backdrop for the action." The Hellenistic period started around the time of Alexander the Great's death in 323 BC and...
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the conquests of Alexander the Great. Hellenistic Judaism also existed in Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period, where there was a conflict between...
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Diadochi (redirect from Hellenistic kingdoms)
death in 323 BC. The Wars of the Diadochi mark the beginning of the Hellenistic period from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus River Valley. The most notable...
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ships hitherto constructed. These developments were spearheaded in the Hellenistic Near East, but also to a large extent shared by the naval powers of the...
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Ancient Greek coinage (redirect from Archaic period of ancient Greek coinage)
into four periods: the Archaic, the Classical, the Hellenistic and the Roman. The Archaic period extends from the introduction of coinage to the Greek...
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Philippopolis (Thrace) (section Hellenistic period)
and the Three Hills in general, was extended to the plain in the Hellenistic period. The initial planning and construction of Philippopolis started during...
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Alexander the Great (redirect from Alexandrian period)
overwhelming dominance of Hellenistic civilization and influence as far east as the Indian subcontinent. The Hellenistic period developed through the Roman...
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Ancient Greece (section Hellenistic Greece)
spread Hellenistic civilization across the Middle East. The Hellenistic Period is considered to have ended in 30 BC, when the last Hellenistic kingdom...
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texts (such as Josephus) originate from this point and on. During the Hellenistic period, Samaria was largely divided between a Hellenizing faction based around...
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Koine Greek (redirect from Hellenistic Koine)
common supra-regional form of Greek spoken and written during the Hellenistic period, the Roman Empire and the early Byzantine Empire. It evolved from...
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Yarmuk (river) (section Hellenistic period)
Karnaim laid to the north, and that of Gal'azu (Gilead) to the south. In Hellenistic times, the territory of Hippos was across from those of Gadara and Abila...
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Babylon (section Hellenistic period)
urban centres of the ancient Near East, until its decline during the Hellenistic period. Nearby ancient sites are Kish, Borsippa, Dilbat, and Kutha. The earliest...
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Ptolemaic Kingdom (redirect from Hellenistic Egypt)
Ptolemaic Empire was an Ancient Greek polity based in Egypt during the Hellenistic period. It was founded in 305 BC by the Macedonian general Ptolemy I Soter...
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Hermes (section In the Hellenistic period)
markers, and grave markers, as well as votive offerings. In Classical and Hellenistic Greece, Hermes was usually depicted as a young, athletic man lacking...
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Smyrna (section Hellenistic period)
lower town's streets were deep with mud and water. At the end of the Hellenistic period, in 197 BC, the city suddenly cut its ties with King Eumenes of Pergamum...
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Ashdod (ancient city) (section Hellenistic period)
in the wars of Alexander the Great. During the Hellenistic period through to the late medieval period, the city was known to the Greeks as Αzotus (Greek:...
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Pella, Jordan (section Hellenistic period)
ruins from the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Canaanite, Hellenistic and Islamic periods. It is located near a rich water source within the...
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historians, and it seems that a consensus is far from being reached. The Hellenistic period is usually considered to comprise the interval between the death of...
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Galilee (section Hellenistic period)
likely that Assyrians settled in the region. Up until the end of the Hellenistic period and before the Hasmonean conquest, the Galilee was sparsely populated...
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Kingdom of Judah (redirect from Davidic period)
Book of Deuteronomy, is assumed to have been written during this same time period and emphasizes the significance of upholding them. With the final fall of...
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Nimrod Castle (section Ancient (Hellenistic?) period)
probably built at the site by the ancient Greco-Syrians, i.e. during the Hellenistic period (after 332 BCE), but not by the Herodians or Romans (ruling the region...
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