Hellenic world
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The Hellenic world refers to the ancient Greek cultural sphere, encompassing the people, cities, and regions unified by Greek language, religion, and customs across the Mediterranean and Near East.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hellenic world canonical | 18 |
| Greek world | 11 |
| Ancient Greek world | 5 |
| Ancient Greece (colonial sphere) | 1 |
| Asia (via Greek world) | 1 |
| Greek culture | 1 |
| Greek world (antiquity) | 1 |
| Hellenic civilization | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Hellenic world Context triple: [Phocus, culturalContext, Hellenic world]
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Western Greek world
The Western Greek world refers to the network of Greek colonies and city-states in Sicily and southern Italy that became a major center of Hellenic culture, politics, and warfare in the central and western Mediterranean.
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Hellenism
Hellenism is a cultural and intellectual movement centered on the values, traditions, and legacy of ancient Greek civilization, including its language, philosophy, arts, and political ideals.
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C.
Aegean cultural sphere
The Aegean cultural sphere refers to the interconnected Bronze Age civilizations around the Aegean Sea, including regions such as mainland Greece, the Aegean islands, and western Anatolia, which shared related artistic, economic, and social traditions.
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D.
Achaean Greece
Achaean Greece refers to the Mycenaean-era Greek world of powerful palace-states and warrior-kings that forms the main Greek side in the legendary Trojan War tradition.
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E.
Hellenica
Hellenica is an ancient Greek historical work by Xenophon that continues Thucydides’ account, covering Greek history from 411 to 362 BCE.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Hellenic world Target entity description: The Hellenic world refers to the ancient Greek cultural sphere, encompassing the people, cities, and regions unified by Greek language, religion, and customs across the Mediterranean and Near East.
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A.
Western Greek world
The Western Greek world refers to the network of Greek colonies and city-states in Sicily and southern Italy that became a major center of Hellenic culture, politics, and warfare in the central and western Mediterranean.
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B.
Hellenism
Hellenism is a cultural and intellectual movement centered on the values, traditions, and legacy of ancient Greek civilization, including its language, philosophy, arts, and political ideals.
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C.
Aegean cultural sphere
The Aegean cultural sphere refers to the interconnected Bronze Age civilizations around the Aegean Sea, including regions such as mainland Greece, the Aegean islands, and western Anatolia, which shared related artistic, economic, and social traditions.
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D.
Achaean Greece
Achaean Greece refers to the Mycenaean-era Greek world of powerful palace-states and warrior-kings that forms the main Greek side in the legendary Trojan War tradition.
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E.
Hellenica
Hellenica is an ancient Greek historical work by Xenophon that continues Thucydides’ account, covering Greek history from 411 to 362 BCE.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek cultural sphere
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civilizational sphere ⓘ historical cultural region ⓘ |
| hasColonizationActivity |
Black Sea colonization
ⓘ
Mediterranean colonization ⓘ |
| hasCommonMythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| hasCommonPantheon | Olympian gods ⓘ |
| hasCoreRegion |
Aegean Sea region
ⓘ
Aegean islands ⓘ Attica ⓘ Ionia ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ mainland Greece ⓘ
linked to:
Greek mainland
|
| hasCulturalDomain |
architecture
ⓘ
art ⓘ drama ⓘ historiography ⓘ mathematics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political thought ⓘ science ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPractice |
Olympic Games
ⓘ
oracular consultation ⓘ panhellenic festivals ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
craft production ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ |
| hasExtendedRegion |
Asia Minor
ⓘ
Black Sea coast ⓘ Cyprus ⓘ Magna Graecia ⓘ Near East ⓘ
linked to:
Middle East
North Africa coastal regions ⓘ Sicily ⓘ eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Mediterranean
southern Italy ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Italy
|
| hasLanguage | Greek language ⓘ |
| hasMainEthnicGroup | Greeks ⓘ |
| hasMajorSanctuary |
Delos
ⓘ
Delphi ⓘ Dodona ⓘ Olympia ⓘ |
| hasNotablePolis |
Athens
ⓘ
Corinth ⓘ Ephesus ⓘ Miletus ⓘ Sparta ⓘ Syracuse ⓘ Thebes ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalForm |
city-state system
ⓘ
polis culture ⓘ |
| hasReligion |
Greek polytheism
ⓘ
ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod |
Archaic Greece
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Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Greek alphabet ⓘ |
| influenced |
Byzantine culture
ⓘ
Roman world ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
Western civilization ⓘ |
| precedes |
Hellenistic world
ⓘ
linked to:
Hellenistic period
|
| sharesIdentityConcept |
Panhellenism
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linked to:
Hellenism
|
| unifiedBy |
Greek language
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panhellenic identity ⓘ shared customs ⓘ shared religion ⓘ |
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Subject: Hellenic world Description of subject: The Hellenic world refers to the ancient Greek cultural sphere, encompassing the people, cities, and regions unified by Greek language, religion, and customs across the Mediterranean and Near East.
Referenced by (39)
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