“化”之能与不能——希腊化时期的东方世界

Change or Not——The orient during the period of Hellenism

希腊化时期是历史上人类文明或文化的第一次大规模的交流与汇合。在当时特殊的政治环境中 ,希腊文明由于征服者的身份而成为这次交流汇合的能动推进者 ,从而也使这一文明过程表现为希腊文明对其他文明的“希腊化”。然而 ,处于被动状态的亚非土著文明却并非绝对意义上的被动 ,“希腊化”

The period of Hellenism was the first large-scale interchanges of human civilization.On that certain political circumstance,the Greek civilization gave impetus to the interchanges because of its conquest.Thus in the couse of the civilization,the Greek civilization showed its leading position known as Hellenism.But the African and Asian civilization was not always in a possive position.The degree of Helleniom depended on the choices of the East civilization and the balance of civilizations.