HIST 1001 : TEST 3 NOTES
Document Summary
The rise of macedonia north of greece and considered a rough and rugged back water. Empire: in a ten year period he conquers the persian empire plus more, presented himself as a liberator from the persian. Iranian peninsula, bactria, india: ronxane bactrian princess that marries alexander, encourages his troops to marry foreign women, troops get tired and want to go home so alexander retreats, alexander dies from a sickness at age 32. Hellenistic kingdom: when alexander dies the control of the empire goes to his three generals; antigonus, seleucus, ptolemy. Is divided into three parts: antigonus(antigonids) takes the homeland of greece, Mediterranean: alexandria is large and diverse city that had both greeks, Egyptians, syrians and jews: becomes and intellectual center, some places didn"t like have this greek culture forced upon them . Jerusalem being on of them: greeks tried outlaw circumcision and tried to sacrifice pigs at.
