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Diadochi, Wars of the

Years: 323BCE - 281BCE

The Diadochi (plural of Latin Diadochus, from Greek Diadokhoi, "successors") are the rival successors of Alexander the Great, and their Wars of the Diadochi follow Alexander's death.

This is the beginning of the Hellenistic period of Greek history, the time when many people who are not Greek themselves adopt Greek philosophy and styles, Greek urban life, and aspects of the Greek religion.

The Diadochi are also referred to as Epigonoi, “offspring.”

"History should be taught as the rise of civilization, and not as the history of this nation or that. It should be taught from the point of view of mankind as a whole, and not with undue emphasis on one's own country. Children should learn that every country has committed crimes and that most crimes were blunders. They should learn how mass hysteria can drive a whole nation into folly and into persecution of the few who are not swept away by the prevailing madness."

—Bertrand Russell, On Education (1926)