1. The Hellenistic World

2. Hellenistic Period (323-31 BCE)
Decline of the Greek poleis after the Peloponnesian war.
338 BCE: Philip II of Macedon overruns the Greek city-states at Cheroneia.
BCE: Alexander
31 BCE: Alexandria falls under Roman power

3. Alexander’s conquest course

4. Alexander at the battle of Issus Roman fresco from Pompeii, house of the Faun
Naples, Archaeological Museum

6. Gandhara Buddha 1st-2nd century CE
Tokyo National Museum

7. Alexander Silver tetradrachm minted in Lampsakos, 305-281 BCE

8. Kingdoms of Alexander’s successors in 281 BCE

9. Terracotta figurines: Two girls playing a game known as ephedrismos, late 4th–3rd century b.c.
New York, Metropolitan Museum

10. Statue of an old market woman, Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian, 1st century a.d.
New York, Metropolitan Museum

11. The Pharos at Alexandria
Coins minted in Alexandria in the second century CE
(1: reverse of a coin of Antoninus Pius, and 2: reverse of a coin of Commodus).

12. The Library of Alexandria

13. List of the directors of the library of Alexandria P. Oxy
List of the directors of the library of Alexandria P.Oxy (2nd century CE)

14. The Anavyssos kouros (c. 530 BCE)
Athens, Archaeological Museum