HIST 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Antigonid Dynasty, Tangled, Cassander
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The hellenistic period and the coming of rome. Do(cid:374)(cid:859)t have preservatio(cid:374) of a lot of stuff. Difference between large scale narrative history it tries to cover a larger span, a more universal history, try to make claims that are applicable to many other places. Here in this passage, more local in production. Is this representative in bigger trend or just local. The amount of wealth and coinage is huge. Coming out of persia and entering these economies. Shift from political structures to royal coinage kingdoms. Royal portriature seeing royalty on coins new! An example showing how much trends actually represent this time. Tike goddess of luck, really important in this period. Court culture and how it relates to armies and patriatage and the contestation between them. Austin"s summary of important dates and events for this period. With alexander, he had no proper plan on how to rule all this land.