Palestine Under Persian Rule II
Politics from Artaxerxes to Zerubbabel
Greek Influence Dawns
As the Persian period drew to a close, the signs of Greek influence on the material culture of Palestine steadily increased. Greek mercenaries, traders, and scholars were visiting the country in ever larger numbers, making a distinctive mark on its character. Thus the dawning of the Hellenistic period came as the completion of a cultural process long under way.
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