THEO 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Hellenization, Mattathias, Pharisees
5 Jan 2017
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From alexander the great to the time of jesus. Alexander the great conquered all the we now think of as the middle east, along with parts of north. Africa, turkey, and some of southern europe in the fourth century bce. It was the largest empire the ancient world had known but did not last long. Alexander died at a young age in 322 with no heir. His empire was divided among his generals: ptolemy and seleucus. Ptolemy ruled the areas of north africa (egypt), palestine and parts of lebanon; Eleucu took (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol of the areas east a(cid:374)d (cid:374)orth of ptole(cid:373)(cid:455)"s territor(cid:455) a(cid:374)d esta(cid:271)lished his (cid:272)apital i(cid:374) Damascus (thus his realm is often called the syrian kingdom). The t(cid:449)o ge(cid:374)erals alo(cid:374)g (cid:449)ith the rest of ale(cid:454)a(cid:374)der"s su(cid:272)(cid:272)essors (cid:272)o(cid:374)ti(cid:374)ued ale(cid:454)a(cid:374)der"s program. This helped them rule because it moved their territories toward a common culture so that their subjects had less reason to revolt.
