# Hellenistic World The Hellenistic world comprises the successor kingdoms, cities, and cross-cultural exchanges that followed Alexander the Great's death in 323 BCE. Greek language, art, learning, and institutions traveled through diverse societies rather than a single enduring empire. It is a major route through which [[wiki/Hellenic Cultural Inheritance|Greek inheritance]] reached later civilizations. [[wiki/Classical Athens|Classical Athens]], [[wiki/Macedonian Empire|Alexander's empire]], and the Hellenistic successor world are successive but nonidentical historical objects. ## Source - [The Hellenistic Age and the Hellenistic Tradition](https://www.metmuseum.org/fr/essays/art-of-the-hellenistic-age-and-the-hellenistic-tradition), Metropolitan Museum of Art.