Western Civilization I
Outline #8
Professor Knight

The 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 Mobility

        IV. 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