Text Workbook Quiz
Notes






... Geography (see maps 303, 270, 200)
..... Area affected : from Sicily to Punjab
..... know provinces : Macedonia, Epirus, Magna Graecia, Sicily, Asia Minor, Rhodos, Pontus, Syria, Egypt, Babylonia, Media, Armenia, Parthia, Bactria, Punjab
..... know Hellenistic cities : Pella, Pergamon, Seleucia, Antioch, Alexandria, Syracuse

... Political History
..... Know rulers : Philip II. of Macedonia, Alexander the Great, Antigonus, Cassander, Lysimachus, Seleucus I. Nicator, Ptolemy I. Soter, Demetrius I. Poliorcetes, Pyrrhus, Antiochus III. the Great, Menander, Cleopatra
..... Know Hellenistic states (dynasties) : Seleucids, Ptolemies, Antigonids (Macedon), Attalids (Pergamon), Parthian Empire (Arsacids), Pontus, Armenia, Bactria

... Hellenistic Scholars
..... Mathematics : Euclid
..... Mechanics, Engineering : Archimedes
..... Geography : Eratosthenes, Ptolemy, Strabo
..... Philosophy : Epicurus, Zeno of Citium, Epicureans, Stoics, Cynics, Sceptics
..... History : Plutarch, Pausanias, Polybius
...Hellenistic Institutions
..... Museum (Alexandria), Great Library (Alexandria)
..... Art : List of Seven Wonders of Antiquity

... Hellenistic Culture
..... State dominated by absolute, in some cases deified king
..... large poleis seve mainly as capitals
..... royal lifestyle extraordinarily lavish, opulent
..... religion : Greek pantheon, which takes up Eastern deities : Mithras, Isis
..... in late Hellenism : openness for new religions : Buddhism, revival of Zoroastrianism, Christianity ..... Hellenistic polis not democratic, but centered on royal court

... Hellenistic government, warfare
..... Alexander, Diadochs role models ; mood among Hellenistic kings similar to that of 16th century Spanish conquistadores : there are incredible riches out there to be conquered. Personal greed for wealth and glory. Consequence : frequent warfare, frequent change of borders, succession to throne often contested. Political instability.
..... Hellenistic army combination of Greek and Persian military tradition - Pyrrhus ships war elephants to southern Italy.

... Legacy
..... When the Hellenistic East is conquered by Rome, Greek remains the lingua franca; Greek culture superior to Roman
..... Hellenistic words and phrases which made their way into the Englich language :
..... scepticism, cynicism, Pyrrhic victory, Heureka, colossal, stoical, epicurean, diadoch, Gordian knot


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