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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Event · 323 BCE – 30 BCE

Hellenistic period

Also known as

Alexandrijnse tijd
an Ré Heilléanaíoch
Civilització hel.lenística
Civilització hel·lenística
Civilització hel•lenística
Civilització heŀlenística

archival plate · Hellenistic period · placeholder

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followed byRoman Empire27 BCE
is part ofAncient Greece12th c. BCE
follows · is a kind of · is part ofclassical antiquity1199 BCE
is part ofGreco-Roman Egypt332 BCE

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Hellenistic period · Alexandria