Despite their initial reluctance, the Successors seem to have later deliberately naturalized themselves to their different regions, presumably in order to help maintain control of the population. In the Ptolemaic kingdom, we find some Egyptianized Greeks by the 2nd century onwards. The Indo-Greek kingdom, we find kings who were converts to Buddhism (e.g. Menander). The Greeks in the regions therefore gradually become 'localized', adopting local customs as appropriate. In this way, hybrid 'Hellenistic' cultures naturally emerged, at least among the upper echelons of society. COUNT 3
QSN1 Menander converted to what religion? ANS1 Buddhism QSN2 Egyptianized Greeks in the Ptolemaic kingdom started to exist by which century? ANS2 2nd QSN3 Greeks adopted what from local cultures? ANS3 customs