Alexander, Han Dynasty, Roman Empire, Hinduism, Islam
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Analyze the impact of Alexander’s conquest on the Afro-Eurasian world. How did his military pursuits, and those of his successors, bring together various worlds?
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-middle-east to goods of Mediterranean, money based economy, and greek ideas
-plunder made economic expansion in med.
-Selecus, Ptolemy, Antigonus, Lysimachus, and others divided empire
-syria(selucids), Macedonia(Antigonids), Egypt(Ptolemies)
-fierce competition through international relations
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Zoom Describe the influence of Hellenism on societies outside Greek homeland during this time period. What aspects of Hellenistic culture held broad appeal for diverse groups?
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-culture was common denominator of style, language, & politics with access anywhere in afro-eurasia
-attractive culture(elites)
-secular disciplines history to biology, philosophical and political thinking
-"cosmopolitans" belong to world
-emphasized spiritual concerns of humans as individuals
-pop. entertainment in theatre, public games, and secular art
-high culture (sophisticated appeal)
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Compare and Contrast Judean, Roman, and Carthaginian responses to Hellenistic influences. How receptive was each society to Greek cultural influences? Judean specifically?
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Judean-jews resisted, temple in jerusalem is focal point of jews, constant foreign domination, integration of Judea into Persian, forced to babylon and back,rebuild jerusalem, stricter devotion after reconstruction, macabees revolt resulting in rejection of Hellenization, jewish state centered on temple, impacted by greek coins, legends, alexandria, and how egypt fully embraced it
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Compare and Contrast Judean, Roman, and Carthaginian responses to Hellenistic influences. How receptive was each society to Greek cultural influences? specifically Roman and Carthaginian?
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Roman- saw greek model as way to increase
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Analyze the impact of Alexander’s conquest on the Afro-Eurasian world. How did his military pursuits, and those of his successors, bring together various worlds?
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-middle-east to goods of Mediterranean, money based economy, and greek ideas
-plunder made economic expansion in med.
-Selecus, Ptolemy, Antigonus, Lysimachus, and others divided empire
-syria(selucids), Macedonia(Antigonids), Egypt(Ptolemies)
-fierce competition through international relations
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Zoom Describe the influence of Hellenism on societies outside Greek homeland during this time period. What aspects of Hellenistic culture held broad appeal for diverse groups?
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-culture was common denominator of style, language, & politics with access anywhere in afro-eurasia
-attractive culture(elites)
-secular disciplines history to biology, philosophical and political thinking
-"cosmopolitans" belong to world
-emphasized spiritual concerns of humans as individuals
-pop. entertainment in theatre, public games, and secular art
-high culture (sophisticated appeal)
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Compare and Contrast Judean, Roman, and Carthaginian responses to Hellenistic influences. How receptive was each society to Greek cultural influences? Judean specifically?
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Judean-jews resisted, temple in jerusalem is focal point of jews, constant foreign domination, integration of Judea into Persian, forced to babylon and back,rebuild jerusalem, stricter devotion after reconstruction, macabees revolt resulting in rejection of Hellenization, jewish state centered on temple, impacted by greek coins, legends, alexandria, and how egypt fully embraced it
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Compare and Contrast Judean, Roman, and Carthaginian responses to Hellenistic influences. How receptive was each society to Greek cultural influences? specifically Roman and Carthaginian?
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Roman- saw greek model as way to increase