Culture
of Greece has a great influence on the development of other
countries, their art, language, philosophy and architecture. The
culture of the Roman Empire is connected with the history of
Greece.
You ought to travel
Greece, to the country of great military leaders,
advanced civilization and culture.
We
are going to talk about the most important and famous event in the
history of Greece – the times of Alexander the Great. He
became a
king of Macedonia when the previous ruler was killed. Alexander was
only 20 years old and didn't have much experience. He decided to
assassinate all his possible rivals and afterwards gathered his army
and went to the South, in order to gain the control of the whole
Greece. Nobody expected that this campaign would continue and had
such results as the gains of the other countries. After Alexander
united Greece, he conquered such lands as Persia, part of Egypt
and India. The influence of Greece spread for the known lands and
everybody knew who Alexander the Great was. During his life he
created the whole era in the history of Greece – The
Hellenistic
Age. But Alexander died too early, in 323 BC, at the age of 32.
Nowadays it is supposed that he was poisoned. His successors
didn't save the great country and the lands were divided into several
regions and named after the generals in the army of Alexander the
Great.
Thus the following regions
appeared on the map
of ancient Greece : Ptolemids in Egypt, the
Antigonids in Greece, Macedonia and the Seleucids in Syria, Asia
Minor and the Middle East. Nowadays, you will not be able to visit
these territories during your travel Greece, because they don't
belong to this country. But you may find the Greeks as the local
dwellers in Italy, Libya, Turkey and Levant. So, according to the
history of Greece, this country influenced on the culture of Europe
countries as well as on Minor Asia. Nowadays, if you want to travel
Greece, you should visit the territory of modern states of this
country or Crete. During your moving
around Greece,
you will learn
interesting information about the art and history of this country.
So
now you know a little bit about history of Greece. Even if you don't
know everything, you've done something worthwhile: you've expanded
your knowledge. Any
additional information on the best
places in
Greece will broaden your
outlook. Find out more by reading our other articles about travel
Greece and other subjects we have written related to it.
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