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Hellenistic World

After Alexander, Greek rulers face a manpower problem and govern by founding Greek cities, settling veterans, inviting Greeks, and recruiting Persian bureaucrats and Jews.

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After Alexander, Greek rulers face a manpower problem and govern by founding Greek cities, settling veterans, inviting Greeks, and recruiting Persian bureaucrats and Jews.

Timestamped Evidence

Sin Becomes A Technology Of Faith

2025-12-11, day precision · Secret History #26: Faith of Evil

Transcript

"...Alexander the Great's army as he conquers Persia, and as the Hellenistic world comes into being, Jews will move around for economic opportunities, right?"

Sin Becomes A Technology Of Faith

2025-12-11, day precision · Secret History #26: Faith of Evil

Transcript

"...work as trade spewers, merchants. And so they're scattered around the Hellenistic world. And as we discussed, at this point in history, the three..."

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The Borderland Becomes the Empire

2025-11-20, day precision · claims

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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's Hellenistic World lecture: empire stabilizes itself into stagnation, borderlands beat it with energy and openness, Greece wins as a borderland, then becomes the empire whose universities, cities, and translations...

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