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By: By: Susan M. Pojer Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley H.S. Horace Greeley H.S. Chappaqua, NY Chappaqua, NY

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By: By: Susan M. PojerSusan M. PojerHorace Greeley H.S. Horace Greeley H.S.

Chappaqua, NYChappaqua, NY

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Alexander the Great

356-323 B.C.E.

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Alexander the Great’s Empire

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Alexander the Great in Persia

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Building Greek Cities in the East

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Pergamum:

A New “Hellenis

tic”City

CosmopolitCosmopolitanan

CultureCulture

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Trade in the Hellenistic World

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

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Hellenic vs. Hellenistic Art

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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.

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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.

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The “Known” World – 3c B.C.E.

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Hellenism:The Arts & Sciences$ Scientists /

Mathematicians: Aristarchus heliocentric

theory. Euclid geometry. Archimedes pulley. Ptolemy geocentric

theory.

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Ptolemaic View of the Universe

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The Breakup of Alexander’s Empire

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The Incursion of Rome into the

Hellenistic World