Question

Which of these best describes the culture of the Hellenistic world?

A.the demise of Greek culture
B.Greek culture taken out of context and exported to a vast foreign region
C.the Hellenization of the Middle East
D.The spread of the poleis to the Middle East

Answer 1

B.

The Hellenistic period was when Greek culture, architecture, and scholastic though spread throughout the western world. It mainly was driven by the rise of Alexandria in Greece. Because of their vast library, learning and ideas began to spread. Greek culture became extremely popular. We can still see the effects today from architecture that was erected in Europe (the form of Greek pillars, Parthenons, etc.)