Weegy: Alexander s empire spread from Greece in the west of the Hindu Kush mountains of South Asia in the east. The empire also extended south to Egypt and the Indian Ocean. [ He conquered the empire due to superior armed forces and the weakness of the Persian empire.
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User: what were some of the cultural achievements of the Hellenistic period
Weegy: Cultural Achievements of the Hellenistic Age
While the culture of ancient Greece was disseminated East and West, the Greeks adopted elements of eastern culture and religion, especially Zoroastrianism and Mithraism. [ Attic Greek became the lingua franca. Impressive scientific innovations were made in Alexandria where the Greek Eratosthenes computed the circumference of the earth, Archimedes calculated pi, and Euclid compiled his geometry text. In philosophy Zeno and Epicurus founded the moral philosophies of Stoicism and Epicureanism.
In literature, New Comedy evolved, as did the pastoral idyll form of poetry associated with Theocritus, and the personal biography, which accompanied a movement in sculpture to represent people as they were rather than as ideals, although there were exceptions in Greek sculpture - most notably the hideous depictions of Socrates, although even they may have been idealized, if negatively.
Both Michael Grant and Moses Hadas discuss these artistic/biographical changes. See From Alexander to Cleopatra, by Michael Grant, and "Hellenistic Literature," by Moses Hadas. Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Vol. 17, (1963), pp. 21-35. ]
User: who was given the title of augustus in roman
Weegy: Augustus was the title given to Octavian, the first Roman emperor.
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