Aim: How did Alexander the
Great contribute to Global
History?
GH1.2.7
Aim: How did Alexander the Great
contribute to Global History?
• Materials: PowerPoint, Handouts “Alexander the
Great”, “Ptolemaic map”
• HW#2.7: read pp 120-123 answer q p 123#3-5`
• Vocabulary: heliocentric, assassination, assimilate
Do Now: Spend 5 minutes and answer one of the
following questions
• What do you think is meant by the phrase “The
World”?
•
Why do people borrow from some cultures but, not
from others?
•
Does culture unite or divide us?
Alexander the Great
356-323 B.C.E.
Alexander the Great’s Empire
Alexander the Great in Persia
Building Greek Cities in the East
Pergamum:
A New
“Hellenistic”
City
Cosmopolitan
Culture
The “Known” World – 3c B.C.E.
Trade in the Hellenistic World
Library at Alexandria (333 B.C.E.)
Aim: How did Alexander the
Great contribute to Global
History?
Alexander the Great
• Spread Hellenistic (Greek) culture
throughout the ancient world
• United the Greek City-States (Polis),
Egypt, Persia (Mesopotamia), Indus river
valley
• Used warfare but, united all the worlds
knowledge into one library in Alexandria
• Led to the beginning of global
interactions in the ancient world
Aim: How did Alexander the
Great contribute to global
history?
• Evaluation:
• Which of Alexander’s contributions was
the most important and why?
• What are some things today that you
consider part of the “Global” world?
Why?
Hellenic vs. Hellenistic Art
Hellenistic Philosophers
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Cynics  Diogenes

ignore social conventions & avoid
luxuries.

citizens of the world.

live a humble, simple life.
Epicurians  Epicurus

avoid pain & seek pleasure.

all excess leads to pain!

politics should be avoided.
Hellenistic Philosophers
$
Stoics  Zeno
 nature is the expansion of divine
will.
 concept of natural law.
 get involved in politics, not for
personal gain, but to perform
virtuous acts for the good of all.
 true happiness is found in great
achievements.
Hellenism:
The Arts & Sciences
$ Scientists / Mathematicians:
 Aristarchus  heliocentric
theory.
 Euclid  geometry.
 Archimedes  pulley.
 Ptolemy  geocentric theory.
Ptolemaic View of the Universe
The Breakup of Alexander’s Empire
The Incursion of Rome into the
Hellenistic World