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Hellenistic age: Quick Facts

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Date 323 BCE - 30

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Map of the Hellenistic world around 188 BCE, showing the territories of the Ptolemaic, Seleucid, and Antigonid kingdoms, as well as independent Greek states, Hellenized non-Greek kingdoms, and independent territories. The map covers the eastern Mediterranean, North Africa, the Near East, and parts of Central Asia, with major cities and regions labeled.
Marble sculpture Dying Gaul depicts a wounded man reclining with head bowed, surrounded by other classical statues in a museum setting.
women's dress from the Hellenistic Age
Laocoön
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes
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Evagoras
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