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"Hellenistic" Greece: 324 - 100 B.C.E.

"Hellenistic" Greece: 324 - 100 B.C.E. By: Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley H.S. Chappaqua, NY. Alexander the Great 356-323 B.C.E. Alexander the Great’s Empire. Alexander the Great in Persia. Building Greek Cities in the East. Pergamum: A New “Hellenistic” City. Cosmopolitan Culture.

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"Hellenistic" Greece: 324 - 100 B.C.E.

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  1. "Hellenistic" Greece: 324 - 100 B.C.E. By: Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley H.S. Chappaqua, NY

  2. Alexander the Great356-323 B.C.E.

  3. Alexander the Great’s Empire

  4. Alexander the Great in Persia

  5. Building Greek Cities in the East

  6. Pergamum:A New “Hellenistic”City CosmopolitanCulture

  7. Trade in the Hellenistic World

  8. Library at Alexandria (333 B.C.E.)

  9. Hellenic vs. Hellenistic Art

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. The “Known” World – 3c B.C.E.

  13. Hellenism:The Arts & Sciences • Scientists / Mathematicians: • Aristarchus heliocentric theory. • Euclid geometry. • Archimedes pulley. • Ptolemy geocentric theory.

  14. Ptolemaic View of the Universe

  15. The Breakup of Alexander’s Empire

  16. The Incursion of Rome into the Hellenistic World

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