Hellenistic period
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Walls and gateway of the ruins at Pergamum, Turkey. The city flourished in the Hellenistic period, the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Other important urban centres of Anatolia included Antioch, Orontes, and Ephesus.
Period in Greek civilization from the death of Alexander in 323 BC until the accession of the Roman emperor Augustus in 27 BC. Alexandria in Egypt was the centre of culture and commerce during this period, and Greek culture spread throughout the Mediterranean region and the near East.
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