How Did Alexander The Great Change Throughout The Hellenistic Time

The Hellenistic time period began at the end of the Classical Era; it covers Mediterranean History between the death of Alexander The Great in 323 B.C. and the emerging of the Roman Empire in 31 B.C. The term Hellenistic was used to create a distinct difference from the classical Hellenic period, which came before the Hellenistic period. In the beginning, the city states were weak, disorganized, and their religions/cultures changed vastly due to many years of warfare. Although it seemed that Alexander The Great had immediately changed the empire in many ways, it was not all it seemed. Alexander's empire was rather fragile it was not intended to last very long, perhaps only the length of his life. (History.com)

Prior to Alexander the Great’s

The wars that were fought brought massive changes to the cultures, religions, and traditions. Each greek experienced the changes differently, depending on where they lived, whether it was in the country, or different parts of the city or suburbs. The towns had a wide variety of religions and cultures, somewhat like a homogeneous mixture, so no two people were expected to worship the same religion or to take part in the same cultural values. There also were institutions of cults during this time period which were dedicated to rulers in many Hellenistic Kingdoms. Alexander’s missions and conquests were successful and caused the Greek culture to spread rapidly in the east and in Egyptian civilizations. Finally, the Hellenistic religion began to decline due to a rise in atheism, skepticism, and the belief of astrology as opposed to the belief in a

The first war after Alexander the Great had passed occurred in that same year. The Lamian War, which was fought for one year from 323 B.C. to 322 B.C. The second war was a war that was a little different than the first. The Diadochi war was fought for a total of eleven years but it was split up into two wars. The First war lasted for two years and was fought from 322 B.C. to 320 B.C. The second war was the longer of the two wars, lasting from 320 B.C. to 311 B.C. These were the first wars since the death of Alexander. During the the Hellenistic time there were many wars, but there is one that really stands out from the others, the Battle of Ipsus. The Battle of Ipsus divided the empire once again. It was originally in three parts.but the battle split the territories into four parts total. After this battle the original empire was divided into four main kingdoms. “The kingdom of Cassander (circa 358–297 B.C.), consisted of Macedonia, most of Greece, and parts of Thrace. The kingdom of Lysimachus (circa 361–281 B.C.), included Lydia, Ionia, Phrygia, and other parts of present-day Turkey. The kingdom of Seleucus (died 281 B.C.; later the Seleucid Empire), comprised present-day Iran, Iraq, Syria, and parts of Central Asia. The kingdom of Ptolemy I (died 283 B.C.) included Egypt and neighboring regions.” (Kingdoms of the Successors of