I le 332 TLM, na faatoilaloina ai e Alesana le Sili Aikupito e aunoa ma se teteega mai Peresia ma sa faafeiloaia e tagata Aikupito o se faaola. O le pulega na faavaeina e Alexander's successors, le Macedonian Ptolemaic Kingdom, sa faavae i luga o se faataitaiga Aikupito ma faavae i le laumua fou o Alexandria. O le aai na faaalia ai le mana ma le mamalu o le pulega Elenisitika, ma avea ma nofoa o le aoaoina ma le aganuu, e taulai atu i le lauiloa Library of Alexandria. O le Lighthouse of Alexandria na faamalamalamaina le ala mo le tele o vaa na tausia fefaatauaiga o tafe atu i totonu o le aai<unk>as the Ptolemies made commerce and revenue-generating enterprises, such as papyrus manufacturing, their top priority. Hellenistic culture did not supplant native Egyptian culture, as the Ptolemies supported time-long traditions in an effort to secure the populacealty of the Persians.
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