Hellenistic Greece

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"Hellenistic" Greece 324 - 100 B.C.E.
By Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley H.S.
Chappaqua, NY
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Alexander the Great356-323 B.C.E.
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Alexander the Greats Empire
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Alexander the Great in Persia
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Building Greek Cities in the East
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PergamumA New HellenisticCity
CosmopolitanCulture
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Trade in the Hellenistic World
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Library at Alexandria (333 B.C.E.)
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Hellenic vs. Hellenistic Art
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Hellenistic Philosophers

• Cynics ? Diogenes
• ignore social conventions avoid luxuries.
• citizens of the world.
• live a humble, simple life.
• Epicurians ? Epicurus
• avoid pain seek pleasure.
• all excess leads to pain!
• politics should be avoided.

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Hellenistic Philosophers

• Stoics ? Zeno
• nature is the expansion of divine will.
• concept of natural law.
• get involved in politics, not for personal gain,
  but to perform virtuous acts for the good of all.
• true happiness is found in great achievements.

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The Known World 3c B.C.E.
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HellenismThe Arts Sciences

• Scientists / Mathematicians
• Aristarchus ? heliocentric theory.
• Euclid ? geometry.
• Archimedes ? pulley.
• Ptolemy ? geocentric theory.

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Ptolemaic View of the Universe
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The Breakup of Alexanders Empire
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The Incursion of Rome into the Hellenistic World