History of the Hellenistic Period: The Rule of Alexander the Great and the Age of the Diadochi

History of the Hellenistic Period by Fanula Papazoglu is a synthetic university textbook on Hellenism and the world shaped after the campaigns of Alexander III of Macedon. The work follows the break-up of his empire and the rise of new states across the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East.

Particular attention is given to the concept of Hellenism, its scholarly use, and the shift in political and cultural frameworks after the Classical era. The author discusses the Diadochi, the Hellenistic monarchies and institutions, and the broader social and economic processes that defined the age.

The book is written as an academic overview designed for teaching and systematizing the subject. As a reference source, it is useful for clear orientation in periodization, terminology, and the main historical lines of the Hellenistic period, presented through a structured historiographical framework.