By: Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley H.S. Chappaqua, NY "Hellenistic" Greece: 324 - 100 B.C.E. By: Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley H.S. Chappaqua, NY

Alexander the Great 356-323 B.C.E.

Alexander the Great’s Empire

Alexander the Great in Persia

Building Greek Cities in the East

Pergamum: A New “Hellenistic” City Cosmopolitan Culture

Trade in the Hellenistic World

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

Hellenic vs. Hellenistic Art

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.

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.

The “Known” World – 3c B.C.E.

Hellenism: The Arts & Sciences Scientists / Mathematicians: Aristarchus  heliocentric theory. Euclid  geometry. Archimedes  pulley. Ptolemy  geocentric theory.

Ptolemaic View of the Universe

The Breakup of Alexander’s Empire

The Incursion of Rome into the Hellenistic World