Hellenistic希腊文化.pptVIP

After Alexanders death, his empire lost its political unity. Great new cities and kingdoms arose in the lands he had conquered. * The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion Alexander the Great daring, brave and intelligent defeated the Persian army at the battle of Issus liberated Egyptians from Persian rule founded a new city, Alexandria pushed deeper into Asia took a Persian bride arranged marriages between his soldiers and oriental women----Greek settlers mixed with the native population pushed the world in a new direction: toward a fusion of disparate peoples and the intermingling of cultura