HIST110 Lecture : L6 - The Hellenistic Age.docx
11 Apr 2013
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Campaigns against greek city-states: greek reactions to conquest. Isocrates (436-338 b. c. e. : pan-hellenism, greek poverty, philip ii"s conquest of athens. Philip is hegemon" (warlord: philip"s assassination. Philip dumped wife (olympias) for another woman (cleopatra of macedonia) Philip murdered along with cleopatra and her infant daughter. Suspects were olympias & alexander (mother and son) Alexander the great: founder of empire and hellenistic territorial kingdoms, alexander"s youth. 330 defeated persians (under darius) at battle of issus: conquest of mediterranean coast and egypt, alexander"s attitude" problem. Persian court ceremonial: prostration (proskynesis: alexander"s invasion of india. 324, the crises: alexander"s death and legacy, died 323 without appointing an heir. Sons philip arrhidaeus and alexander iv ruled briefly. Provinces become kingdoms under generals who took title of king: legacy. Established great trading network across mediterranean, near east to india. Political and social history: government and society. Gulf between rich & poor grew wider. Influx of persian gold (inflation: literature. Alexandria"s library and museum: callimachus (ca.
