What are the major characteristics of Hellenistic culture?

What will be an ideal response?


The primary characteristic was the integration of a more holistic worldview that replaced the Hellenocentric perspective. The realization that the Greeks were no longer the center of the universe and the mixing of cultural influences from Persia, India, and other regions initially occupied by Alexander the Great greatly affected culture and created a kind of global perspective. This, in turn, was influenced by the outreaching effects, including trade, travel, and intellectual discoveries of other areas of the world. The interconnections among previously segregated cultures brought about a richer, more worldly cultural viewpoint. Other characteristics, such as syncretism and variety, were the results of intermixing.

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A. All these answers are correct. B. higher levels of education. C. a lower birth rate. D. the movement to work outside the home. E. increased schooling for children.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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