How did the ancient greek civilization end?

Answer 1

Ancient civilizations ended mostly due to war, economic downfall, or the invasion of a more advanced culture. The most influential of all western cultures, the Roman Empire, experienced their downfall due to economic reasons.

Answer 2

The Old Kingdom ended in chaos. Nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.

Answer 3

Greek (Hellenic) civilization transited from Classical (5th and 4th Centuries BCE) to Hellenistic from the late 4th Century BCE (included the peoples in the east conquered by Alexander who adopted Greek culture), which was extended and perpetuated by Alexander's successors in their various Hellenistic kingdoms covering Peninsular Greece, Asia Minor, Syria-Palestine-Mesopotamia, Egypt, even Afghanistan (and even Jerusalem had its Hellenised element).

Although the Roman Empire progressively absorbed these Hellenisitc kingdoms in the 2nd and 1st Centuries BCE, the Greek culture continued. Roman governance allowed local governance, laws, customs and culture to continue if it was at an acceptable standard. While Spain, Gaul and Britain were Romanised to achieve this standard, the Greek east already had its own to a sophisticated level, and this was allowed to continue and made use of.

So the ancient Greek culture continued even though the Hellenistic kingdoms were progressively dismembered. Indeed many leading Romans were Philhellenes, that is they could speak Greek and greatly admired and appreciated Greek culture, and adapted it into their own lifestyle. And when the west was taken over by barbarians, the Roman Empire lived on in the east in the Byzantine Empire which, although it described itself as Rome, was culturally Greek.

This was progressively eroded as invaders took over more and more of its territory and the veneer-thin Greek culture in the outlying areas was replaced/overlaid with the invaders' culture. This came formally to an end when Constantinople was captured by the Turks in the 15th Century CE, however the Classical traditions have continued to influence western culture to this day.

So Greek civilisaation did not come to an end, but was absorbed into and forms part of today's Western culture.

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Answer 4

The simple answer is: it was conquered. When Alexander the great came along, he invaded Egypt, and took it under Macedonian control. Not too long after, the Romans came around and took it over. When the Roman empire fell, the land fell into chaos. It was under french control for a while, all the way through Napoleon. After that it was under British control until it gained Independence.

Answer 5

It did not really collapse it merely changed first from Greece to Macedonian though keeping the central tenets of art Archaeology and mythology and then when Alexander the Great died his generals took over the territory and split it amongst themselves creating many Hellenized states continuing Greek culture in Asia Minor Egypt Greece and Macedonia, then Rome adopted much of Greece culture and customs continuing their civilization and spreading it through the Western world.

Answer 6

in 300 b.c, Alexander the Great conquered Egypt. it then went to the Ptolemy rule until about 33 B.C., when the Romans took over from Cleopatra VII. what is the ptolemy

Answer 7

it is suspected to have ended because of the unpredictable floods.

Answer 8

greek did not end it still a country

Answer 9

Romans invaded and destroyed it......