The Hellenistic World

The Hellenistic World1Philip II of Macedon (r 359-335 BCE)Alexander III (the Great) of Macedon (r 335-323 BCE)Ptolemaic Empire (Egypt)Seleucid Empire (Asia Minor)Antigonid Empire (Macedon)Key TermsPhilip II of Macedon

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Alexanders Empire?5Silver Victory Coin Minted in 323 BCE?

Alexander crowned by Nike

Alexander fighting a king on his war elephant6

Cities Founded after the Conquest7

Successor States8Merging Cultures

9SyncretismAlexandriaErastothenes (276-185 BCE)Archimedes (287-212 BCE)Key TermsBuddha with Greek Dress

From 1st c century CE Gandhara, now Pakistan11A New Culture?

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Alexandria of Egypt13

Erastothenes (276-185 BCE)14Archimedes Palimpsest

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