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Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World Greatest Legacy establish Hellenistic Culture and the spread of the Greek ideals/ideas throughout the known world!! 336 BCE to 146 BCE is known as the HELLENISTIC AGE Breakup of Alexander’s Empire family was murdered “one-world” vision was divided fierce power struggle ensued

Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World Greece divided into Seleucid (Asia), Antigonid (Greece), and Ptolemaic (Egypt) empires fighting continues and Rome conquers all of it by 100 BCE Hellenistic Culture Spread Throughout the Mediterranean Region Alexander had brought Greek culture to the Nile, Middle East, and India Continuing influence by Greek ideas and vice versa 

Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World The Economy the aristocracy still owned most of the land large disparity between wealthy & poor growing middle class because of the many trade opportunities trade centered around three main areas on the trade routes Alexandria, Egypt Island of Rhodes (off coast of Asia Minor) Antioch in Syria routes connected the Med. World to India

Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World cities rebuilt or well-planned and laid-out incl. marketplaces & large public buildings (theaters, schools, gymnasiums) Alexandria had pop. of over 1 million library had over 750,000 papyrus scrolls and became a center of learning & commerce women became more respected gained rights - own property right to divorce husband seen more in public

Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World New definition of Greek all Hellenized people were now considered Greek more of the world became Greek & considered “Greek” Hellenistic Philosophy Four new schools developed - more concerned with ethics and behavior than with reality and human existence - Skeptics - denied the possibility of finding the truth

Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World wise people do not judge others or become dogmatic we rely on sensory experience as the only source of human knowledge sensory experience is unreliable nobody truly knows anything Detach from the world!! Cynics - even more negative ideal was nonattachment to society and its values taught that people should seek virtue only and scorn pleasure, wealth, and social prestige nature provided all human needs

Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World Diogenes- best known Cynic “Look at me, I am without house or city, property or slave. I sleep on the ground. I have no wife, no children. What do I lack? Am I not without distress or fear?... Am I not free?” Epicureans - Epicurus happiness could be achieved by freeing the body from pain and mind from fear to reach goal, people must avoid bodily excesses - including sensual pleasures

Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World there is no existence beyond death, so there is nothing to fear about death finest pleasures are intellectual – not physical if gods exist, they do not concern themselves with humans after Epicurus’ death, his followers began to seek physical pleasure “Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow may bring pain or death.”

Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World Stoics - estab. by Zeno argued that the universe was controlled by some power - Reason, World Soul, Fortune, God determines everything and there is nothing humans can do about it whatever fate dictated was right people should accept whatever nature might bring and not complain should become indifferent to pain, fear, pleasure, grief believed in equality and duty greatly influenced the Romans and Christian thinking - today means someone outwardly not affected by pain or pleasure

Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World Science and Math Archimedes - determined formula for circumference of a circle explained the principle of the lever discovered the theory of specific gravity (measuring volume) body in liquid is held up by a force equal to the weight of liquid displaced Aristarchus – heliocentric Ptolemy – geocentric Eratosthenes - calculated diameter of earth to within 50 miles

Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World Two characteristics of Hellenistic Science scientists learned much with simple instruments - no telescopes, microscopes, compasses, etc. 2. made little effort to apply knowledge in practical way valued knowledge for the sake of knowledge did not want to make money from knowledge eg., Hero of Alexandria invented a steam engine but it was regarded only as an interesting toy slavery served as a basis of Hellenistic civilization and labor-saving devices were not needed to help the slaves