I.  Greece after the Peloponessian War
    A. The defeat of Athens in the Peloponessian War
II.  Macedonia   
    A. Philip II  and the hoplite phalanx created powerful state
    B. Demosthenes 
       i. Athens defeated -- 338 B.C. -- Macedonian unification of Greece
    C.  Philip assassinated -- 336 B.C.

III.  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

    D. Ideals of his reign:
       i.  tolerance of Greek, Persian, Egyptian cultures
IV. Hellenistic culture

    A. Alexandria 
       i.  the library of Alexandria
       ii. the harbor and lighthouse
    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
    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.