How does belshazzar feel when a hand appears in mid-air and writes on the palace wall? a. he is quite terrified. b. he is thrilled and excited. c. he is greatly amused. d. he is bored and uninterested.

The correct answers are:

- advancements in science and culture in the final era of ancient Greece;

- military campaigns that helped create one of the largest empires in history;

The Hellenistic Age is characterized by the conquest of the Macedonians, first of the Greek city-states, and that toward east, reaching India. The Macedonians created the largest empire until then, and it is one of the largest empires that the world has ever seen. Even though the Macedonians were not Greek, they adopted the Greek culture as they saw it as superior, mixing it up with their own Macedonian culture, creating the Hellenistic one. Instead of the conquest being the end of the Greek city-states, it actually helped in spreading out their culture further, and make it more dominant. The city of Alexandria that the Macedonians built in Egypt, became the center of knowledge, learning, and science in the world, which resulted in further advancements in the science and culture of ancient Greece, just before its final days.