Classical and Hellenistic Greece
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Classical and Hellenistic Greece
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HELLENISTIC AGE
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323 - 30 B.C.THE CLASSICAL AGE OF GREECE ENDED WITH THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT IN 323 B.C.DISSOLUTION OF EMPIRE- AFTER ALEXANDER'S DEATH, A STRUGGLE RESULTED IN CARVING THE EMPIRE INTO 3 KINGDOMS CONTROLLED BY GREEK RULERS:1) MACEDONIA - NORTHERN GREECE2) EGYPT3) SELEUCIDS - WESTERN ASIAA 4TH KINGDOM WAS FORMED SLIGHTLY LATER IN WESTERN ASIAN MINOR.- THESE HELLENISTIC MONARCHS RULED THROUGH STRONG ARMIES.- AN IMPORTANT TREND IN THE HELLENISTIC AGE WAS THE RE-EMERGENCE OF WOMEN AS RULERS.