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the three stages of hellinism
The hellenic age (800 B.C to 322 B.C), The hellenistic Age (323B.C to 30 B.C) and the Greco-Roman Age (30 B.C to 400 A.D.)
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After alexanders death, what happened to his empire?
His empire fractured into three dynasties: the Ptolemies in egypt, the Seleucids in westerb asia, and the Antigonids in Macedonia.
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Hellenistic cities were founded...
On the patterb of greek city-states and served to protect trade routes and serve as fortresses against hostile tribes.
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The cities founded in the east by the seleucids
drew substantial greek populations and rembled greek cities.
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The economy of the hellenistic world
grew as business methods were refined and regional trade expanded.
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As a result of the spread of greek civilization
The Hellenistic world acquired a cultural common denominator - a common language and a set of customs.
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The Alexandrain scholar-poet Callimachus
Urged his fellow poets to write short, finely crafted works rather than epics.
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The plays of Menander
Portrayed everyday life in all its variety.
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hellenistic and hellenic philosophers differed in that
the individuals' relationship of the polis, while hellenistic philosophy was more concerned with the individuals' relationship to humanity.
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Epicurus believed that a wise person should
seek to escape from all sources of worry and fear
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According to Stoics, the wise person
ordered their lives according to natural law.
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The Skeptics
held that all systems of belief were flawed and did not seek a single path to happiness.
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The Cynics
saw no value in loyalty to family, state or religion.
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What was the center of political life during the first phase of hellenism?
The polis
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Who is Aristotle?
Alexander's tutor from whom he learned to appreciate Greek culture, particularly the homeric epics
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What was the greatest cilty of the hellenistic age?
Alexandria
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who is Polybius?
A Greek, who sought to trace the development of Rome and its ryse to the status od great power.
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Who is Aristarchus
Aristarchus proposed that the sun was the center of the universe.
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epicurus believed
that the wise person should stay out of public life.
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Zeno's teaching
Called Stoicism, centered he belief of a fundimental oder in the universe.
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