Why didn’t Sparta benefit more from its victory in the Peloponnesian War? Sparta alienated the other Greek cities by trying to dominate them. The independent temper of Greek political life made unity impossible. Social and political crises occurred in many Greek city-states during the fourth century B.C.E.

A. so many legends grew up around him during his lifetime. Alexander the Great is a difficult figure for historians to evaluate because: Darius III of Persia had underestimated the threat Alexander and his army posed.

Hellenistic cosmopolitanism differed from Persian and Roman cosmopolitanism because it: was cultural rather than linked directly to a particular imperial power. Latin is the root of all modern European languages.

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First of all, as Sparta claimed, they spared them because of their great contribution during the Persian wars. In those wars Athens was one of the leaders of the coaliation and its men and ships helped won several battles that saved the Greek city-states, most notably Marathon and Salamis.

Cosmopolitanism meant that they were a citizen of the world. They did not belong to one country, but to the whole world and understood the world. In the Hellenistic world there wasn’t just one city state, it was spread from Spain to India. Pieces of each culture moved with people as they moved to places to places.

Cosmopolitanism. Hellenistic society characterized by mingling and exchange of cultures. Greek, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Hebrew, and Persian traditions interact. Seleucids found cities in the east patterned on Greek city-states. Hellenistic kings did not generally intervene in cities’ local affairs.