It takes the average reader 2 hours and 33 minutes to read The Hellenistic Age: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Thonemann
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The three centuries which followed the conquests of Alexander are perhaps the most thrilling of all periods of ancient history. This was an age of cultural globalization: in the third century BC, a single language carried you from the Rhône to the Indus. A Celt from the lower Danube could serve in the mercenary army of a Macedonian king ruling in Egypt, and a Greek philosopher from Cyprus could compare the religions of the Brahmins and the Jews on the basis of first-hand knowledge of both. Kings from Sicily to Tajikistan struggled to meet the challenges of ruling multi-ethnic states, and...
The Hellenistic Age: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Thonemann is 152 pages long, and a total of 38,304 words.
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