Western Civilization I
Outline #8
Professor KnightThe Hellenistic World
I. Alexander the Great (ruled 336-323)
Macedonia
Philip II
The Persian Empire
Bactria
Mutiny on the Hyphasis River
Alexander: Philosopher King or Mass Murderer?II. Alexander's Legacy
Ptolemaic Kingdom (Egypt, Palestine)
Antigonid Kingdom (Macedonia, Greece)
Seleucid Monarchy (Mesopotamia, Persia)III. Spread of Hellanistic Culture
New cities
Ay Khanoum: Greek city near Chinese border
Religious Syncretism
Migration of Greeks into new territories
Weakening of City-State loyalties
Professionalization of Armies
Upward MobilityIV. Acheivements of Hellenistic Culture
Philosophy
Cynics
Epicurians
The Library at Alexandria
Mathematics
Euclid (c. 300BC)
Archimedes (287-212 BC)
Astronomy
Aristarchus
Heliocentric theory of the universe
Hipparchus of Nicaea
Earth-centered universe
Medicine
Herophilus of Chalcedon