Post on 29-Nov-2014
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Greece + Persia = Hellenistic
Or: the impact of Alexander the Great’s expedition
The Route of Alexander
Greek
Persia
Hellenistic
Greek Cultural Contributions
●Public dramatic performances●Historians and Political Scientists●Concept of political freedom●Logic, geometry,
●Democracy, tyranny●Collective Security●architecture
Persian Contributions
●Agriculture produce and techniques●Metallurgy●Spices●Coinage●governance
Map of the Empire
Empire Break Up
The generals are not nice men
●Ptolemy steals Alexander’s body and runs to Egypt. Alexander’s body disappears…●Antigonus heads back to Macedonia and kills Alexander’s mother and half brother●Seleucus kills Roxanne and her newborn son (Alexander’s? Maybe…) and stays in Persia
Hellenistic World
●Greeks become “Greeks” and spread, but are absorbed by Rome●Philosophy grows: Skeptics, Epicureans and Stoics, oh my!●Astronomy, Engineering; Archimedes and Euclid do their thing with new math●Persia becomes a crossroads for trade, but plays second fiddle to Rome and China