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Chapter 5 Classical Greece and the Hellenistic World
43 Chapter 5 Classical Greece and the Hellenistic 800 , a second civilization center began to develop around the islands of theAegean Sea and the Greek mainland. With modifications, Greek civilization lasted until about400 , when it was replaced by an imperial state under Macedonian kings. Though oftenbattling each other, Greeks had a strong sense of identity. Greek civilization was built on theprevious accomplishments of both Egyptian and Middle Eastern civilizations, as well as the earlycivilizations of Crete and Mycenae located in the eastern Mediterranean and on the Greekmainland. Though their expansion was less unified than China s, their impact on othercivilizations long outlasted Classical Persian Empire: Parallel Power in the Middle EastFollowing the decline of the successive empires in the Middle East, Cyrus the Great established aPersian Empire in 550 that incorporated all of the Middle East as well as portions of this new empire, a new religion, Zoroastrianism, emerged to replace the more typicalpolytheism of the Middle East.
44 C. The City-State as a Political Unit In the period immediately after 800 B.C.E., Greek political structures centered on the city-state, a regional government centered in a major city but including the agricultural hinterland.
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