What is Hellenistic period?
{{Restructure|date=February 2025}} The '''Hellenistic period''' in [[Ancient Greece]] (323–146 [[BC]]) was the time period between the death of [[Alexander the Great]] when the generals of Alexander created their own empires and the [[Roman]] conquest of mainland Greece. During this era: Greek culture, [[Hellenistic art|art]] and power expanded all over the Eastern Mediterranean (including [[Anatolia]], [[Egypt]], [[the Levant]] and the Balkans). Of all the Hellenistic empires that were established, the [[Seleucid Empire]] was the largest. The [[Ptolemaic dynasty]] in Egypt is the most famous and the longest lasting due to its famous [[Library of Alexandria]] and members like [[Cleopatra VII]]. {{History-stub}} [[Category:Ancient Greece]]