Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Period
 

I.  Greece after the Peloponessian War
   A. The defeat of Athens in the Peloponessian War
II.  Macedonia    
   A. Philip of Macedon
      Philip II   and the hoplite phalanx    
   B. Demosthenes
   The Group That Went Hog-Wild in Asia For 11 Years
      i. Athens defeated -- 338 B.C. --
         Macedonian unification of Greece
   C. Philip assassinated -- 336 B.C.
III. Alexander the Great
    Alexander the Great
    Life & Times of  Alexander the Great
    Alexander the Great
   A. Aristotle, Plato's student --
       Alexander's tutor
   B. conquest of  Persia:
      i. limited number of troops --
         continuing campaigns
      ii. the battle of Granicus River
      iii. Egypt
      iv. the battle of Gaugamela
      v. Susa and Persepolis -- the Persian
         Treasury    
      vi. the spread of Greek culture:
           Hellenistic culture
      viii. his death left no successor
   C. Ideals of his reign:
      i. tolerance of Greek, Persian,
         Egyptian cultures
   D. The Aetolian & Achaen Leagues
        representative government could raise
        armies and levy taxes
IV. Hellenistic culture
   A. Alexandria
      i. The Library of Alexandria
      ii. the harbor and lighthouse
       The Lighthouse of Alexandria
   B. Archimedes  (287-212 B.C.) --
       advanced state of mathematics
   C.  Philosophy
      i.  Stoicism:        Zeno (335-263 B.C.)
      ii. Epicurianism:
         Epicurus (341-270 B.C.)
      iii. Cynisism:       Diogenes
V.  Successor States
    The Three Empires
   A. The Ptolemies:
      i. Alexandria
   B. The Seleucids:
      i. Antioch
   C. Pergamom:
      i. Asia Minor
   D. all conquered by Roman legions by
        30 B. C.  

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