Hellenistic Achievements

There were many achievements in the Hellenistic period that were conducted by artists, writers, architects, and sculptors. Many of these achievements were very different than the time period before that made the Hellenistic period individualistic and new. These achievements conceived by the artists, writers, architects, and sculptors reflected the Hellenistic period’s worldview and general outlook.

The achievements of the artists, architects, and sculptors in the Hellenistic period reflected the worldview and the general outlook of the Hellenistic period. Their achievements did so by giving the Hellenistic period a different tone through their individualistic and expressive art forms. Their art was created and designed with the purpose to

Both states had impacts on the development of the West (Europe) in the period from 476, the end of the Western Roman Empire, to 1000. I believe that the Byzantine state has a greater impact on the development of the West in more ways than the Islamic state. It was more impactful on the development of the West due to its government, its ways of learning, it being a center for trade and commerce, and its act as defensive

I think the Byzantine state had a greater impact on the development of the West due to the Byzantine civilization keeping the tradition of the Roman imperial governance intact when the centralized type of government returned to the West due to Charlemagne. Because of the Byzantine civilization keeping the tradition of the Roman imperial governance alive, the eastern Emperors became role models to the Western world and therefore impacted the development of it. The Byzantine state was also impactful to the development of the West due to its commerce and trade. In the Byzantine state there was Constantinople. Until the twelfth century, Constantinople was one of the greatest centers for trade and commerce in the Mediterranean (Spielvogel). Without Constantinople being a center for trade and commerce in the Byzantine state, the Italian city states of Pisa, Florence, Genoa, Milan, and Venice would of never came to be without the economic stimulus provided by the Byzantines Constantinople center for trade and commerce. So because the Byzantine state offered so much through its commerce and trade, and being a role model, it impacted the development of the West more so than the Islamic state. The Byzantine state also impacted the development of the West by acting as a defensive barrier between the forces of Islam and Europe. Since the Byzantine state acted as a