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Hellenistic Greece
Classics 110
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History
Undergraduate 1
12/14/2007

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Ruled by Ptolemy
Definition
Egypt and Cyrenaica
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Ruled by Seleucus
Definition
Syria and Central Asia to the Indus
Term
Antigonus
Definition
Greece and the Islands
Term
Koine
Definition
Common Greek Language
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Ai Khanum
Definition
Archaeologists excavated a Greek-influenced city
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Callimachus
Definition
Poet in Alexandria
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Euclid
Definition
Mathematician in Alexandria
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Eratosthenes
Definition
geographer, circumference of earth, lived in Alexandria
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Rosetta Stone
Definition
1) Hieroglyphic
2) Demotic Egyptian
3) Greek
Decree honouring Ptolemy Vth
Dated March 27th 196 BCE
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Antioch
Definition
In Asia, founded in 300 BCE
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Seleucia
Definition
Founded on the Tigris
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Pergamum
Definition
King Attalus
Coast of Asia Minor
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Halicarnassus
Definition
King Mausolus, Coast of Asia Minor
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Rhodes
Definition
Smaller Hellenistic Kingdom
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Syracuse (Sicily)
Definition
Smaller Hellenistic Kingdom
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Stoics
Definition
Duty and order (Zeno)
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Epicureans
Definition
Avoid Conflict (Epicurus, Lucretius)
Making the most of life, indulgence
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Cynics
Definition
simple living (Diogenes)
Don’t get involved in political system
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