The vast land empire that Alexander the Great left to his successors was without parallel in Greek history. Alexander's family and generals created a new order of monarchies and city-states which was to control most of the territory between the Adriatic Sea and western India for 300 years. The term 'hellenistic' is commonly used to describe this world in which Greek was the lingua franca...

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