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Greek culture spread as far as southern Italy, Sicily, and the Mediterranean coast of France(Nice), and eastward throughout the coast of Asia Minor. Later, with Alexander the great, it spread into Mesopotamia and northern Egypt.
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In what area have greek myths influenced your culture?
they have influenced our culture in the areas of agriculture.?
What king is most known for spreading the Greek culture to non- Greek areas?
Alexander the great was known for spreading Greek ideas throughout the Persian empire, from Greece as far east as India. The process was known as hellenisation.
What is the Greek Unification?
The Greek unification was a period of time when ancient Greeks tried to unite the over two hundred cities or states within their reign. The unification involved the attempts to unify peoples of various regions in areas of religion, language, culture, and the Greek way of life.
What four influences blended to form Hellenistic culture?
The Hellenistic period followed Alexander the great conquered of the Persian empire. including Egypt The Greeks founded cities in the conquered areas which led to Greek influence on the Persians and Egyptians. At the same time the Persians and Egyptians had some influence on the Greeks. An Indo-Greek kingdom was formed. In Egypt the Greek ruling dynasty, the Ptolemies) portrayed themselves as pharaohs and adopted elements of Egyptian culture. In the Indo-Greek kingdom some kings converted to Buddhism
Who were the mycenaean's?
The Mycenaeans were Greek. Their culture flourished from circa 1700 BC to circa 1100 BC in mainland Greece but also expanded to the Aegean islands, Crete, Asia Minor and southern Italy. They are named after the site of Mycenae, where the most famous (and one of the largest) palaces was found.
What cultures did Hellenistic culture combine?
The core of Hellenistic culture is Hellenic - Greek. Greek culture and language were spread by the firetrailing victories of Alexander the Great and his Macedonians through the Anatolia, the Middle East, Egypt and Asia. Depending on the area and the kingdom into which the original Macedonian empire split, we have local mixtures of Hellenic (Greek) and Egyptian, as in Alexandria and the rest of Egypt, which was governed by the Ptolemaic Dynasty, Persian and Syrian in the Seleucid empire, and Buddhist infusions in the Indian and Bactrian (Afghanistan-Turkmenistan) cultures that produced the Indo-Greek civilizations of India and Bactria. There is also traces of Thracian in the areas Thrace, as well as Anatolian cultures like Phrygian and Capadocian, among others, which eventually assimilate linguistically, curturally and ethnically into the Hellenic world.
What areas did the Romans copy the Greek?
The Roman were inspired by the Greek in all areas of culture.
When did the influence of the Greek culture faded?
The influence of the greek culture faded , after Alexanders kingdom was divided into three areas, and later on the roman culture also made its way.
What areas have Greek myths influence your culture?
they have influenced our culture in the areas of agriculture.?
What are the achievement of the Hellenistic period?
Alexander's successors divide his new empire between them and established several kingdoms including in Egypt and Syria-Mesopotamia and other lesser ones in Asia Minor, Afghanistan. These we call today the Hellenistic Kingdoms - not Hellenic (Greek) but trying to be Greek. They tried to carry on Alexander's ambition to turn western Asia and North Africa to Greek culture as a civilising influence. The result was only superficial amongst the upper classes, but it introduced Greek architecture, learning and culture in some areas. This carried on for nearly a millennium until it was overwhelmed by Arabic culture and Islam.
What cultures are represented in the cultural blend of Hellenistic culture?
The main, core culture is Hellenic, Greek, especially that of Athens.The language is the Coene / Koine Greek, whose most famous document is the Christian bible, especially the New testament (Old tastement in the translation of the 70, from Hebrew). The Koine dialect is an amalgam of several Greek dialects but its core is Attic, the Greek dialect of Athens, with infusions of Macedonian (Northwest Greek), Aeolian, Ionian and even Doric. Depending on the area, several other cultures mixed with the core Hellenic to produced new, different Hellenictic cultures. In India and Afghanistan the local hellenic populations become aquainted with Buddhism, while in Alexandria and the rest of Egypt hey come close to the Egyptian pantheon. Serapis, a mix of Hermes and osiris was the most widespred of the new Gods, and not only in Egypt. Greeks also become aquainted with Iranian (Mithra) and Hebrew (Monotheistic) Gods, and the Great Mother / Cybele cult from Asia Minor spreads throughout the Hellenistic world. Sanskrit and Aramaic along with Egyptian Demotic become widely used (depending on the area, along with the official Koine Greek. In Art, Hellenic sculpture, mosaic making and painting spread through the then known world, leaving its imprint in later Roman and Indian and even in far Eastern (China, Japan, the sculptural depiction of Buddha, Buddhist wall paintings in Tibet and among the Tocharians in Xinjiang, etc) sculpture, in areas where the Greeks themselves (Alexander the Great, foremost) never even visited.
In what area have greek myths influenced your culture?
they have influenced our culture in the areas of agriculture.?
Ancient greek culture laid the foundation for Western civilization in all of the areas except?
religion
How did Alexander encourage the blending of cultures in his empire?
Alexander tried to establish Hellenic culture by establishing Greek-model cities throughout his conquests. He also absorbed Persians into his army and administration, took a Persian wife and arranged a mass marriage of Macedonians with Persian women. Greek became the second lingua franca (of commerce) after Aramaic as the common language in the Asian territories. However under his successors the empire shrunk dramatically in Asia, and the thin veneer of Hellenisation disappeared in those areas.
What are cultures areas?
Culture areas are areas which people study culture
What are some of the areas of our lives the ancient Greek culture still has influence over today?
Olympics, government ,and math styles
What are some of the areas of are lives that ancient Greek culture still has influence over today?
Olympics, government ,and math styles
