HISTORY 1M03 Lecture : History10.docx
12 Apr 2014
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[antigonus i: abandonment by successors of alexander"s experiments in cultural hybridization, in favor of colonial rule, dependence on and use by the kings of greek soldiers and colonists, extraction of product of indigenous population, greek culture as the exclusive possession of colonial rulers, seleucid israel: tensions between elite and hellenized jews and traditionalists. Egyptian rebellion: last ptolemy ruler(cid:224)cleopatra, ptolemaic alexandria, pharos lighthouse [one of the wonders of the ancient greek wonders, museum, library [central place for all learning, cultural capital of the greek world, royal rule & citizen states, old greece: struggle between macedonian hegemony and greek autonomy, new powers of greece confederated states: aetolian league & achaean league. [koinon: cities contained independent government but shared economic benefits & military powers, not as unified as canada but not exactly like european rule [modern day examples, cosmo polis(cid:224) a global community of greek poleis, koine greek(cid:224)common greek(cid:224)new universal language.
