Practice Pomeroy Chapter 12 and Epilogue
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What was the typical relationship between Greeks and non-Greeks in places like Hellenistic Egypt? 507
Fairly strict segregation
After Alexander died and the succession was settled, what did the Greek world look like, generally speaking? 474
It was divided into three kingdoms ruled by Macedonian dynasties
What was the aim of the keepers of the library at Alexandria? 496-97
To obtain copies of every work written in greek
When did the Hellenistic period end? 470
30 BCE
What happened to Macedonia in 148 BCE? 523
It became a Roman province
What inscription enabled modern scholars to decipher hieroglyphics? 508
The Rosetta Stone
What was the name for the organization of western Greek city-states after Alexander? 483
Aetolian League
What was a central principle of Stoic philosophy? 487
Life was rational and could be planned
What was the name of the ruling dynasty in Hellenistic Macedonia and Greece? 474, 476-79
Antigonids
How did the status of women change in the Hellenistic world? 494-95
They were often educated and could conduct their own business
What was the name of the ruling dynasty in Hellenistic Near and Middle East (Persia and Babylon)? 474, 490
Argeads
What became the foremost trade and cultural city of the Hellenistic world? 496
Alexandria
What did the Greeks of late antiquity (who decided what texts would be preserved) think about the Hellenistic era? 472
It was a time of foreign rule and humiliation
What was the central principle of Skeptic philosophy? 489
Withdraw from the world
What was Athens like through most of the Hellenistic period? 485
A cultural center
What was the central principle of Epicurean philosophy? 487
Avoid anything that might upset personal tranquility
What building lay at the center of cultural life in Alexandria? 496
Museum
Where have scholars found most of the surviving papyrus documents from Greek antiquity? 472-73
Egypt
Who was the obvious heir to Alexander's throne when he died? 474
No one
When was the Athenian democracy permanently dismantled? 475
Shortly after Alexander died
What was the name for the organization of Peloponnesian Greeks after Alexander? 484
Achaean League
What is a "cosmopolis"? 470
A city-state comprising the world
What was the name of the ruling dynasty in Hellenistic Egypt? 474, 490
Ptolemies
How long did the struggle over Alexander's empire last after he died? 474
Almost 50 years
What happened to Alexander's wife, Roxane, and the posthumous son she bore him? 476
They were put under house arrest and never seen again
What was the central principle of Cynic philosophy? 487-88
Shed the trappings of civilization for the naturalness of animals.
Why did the Romans fight a series of wars against Macedonia around 200 BCE?
The Macedonians aided Hannibal
What event marked the end of the Hellenistic period? 470
The death of Cleopatra VII
When did the Hellenistic period begin? 470
323 BCE
Who had the greatest opportunities for power and prosperity in the Hellenistic world? 494
The Greek elite
What event marked the beginning of the Hellenistic period? 470
The death of Alexander the Great
Where was Alexander's tomb? 496
Alexandria in Egypt
When did the Romans first get involved in the affairs of the Eastern Mediterranean? 519
End of the third century BCE
What kind of activity occupied a larger share of people's time and energy in the Hellenistic era than in the previous era? 471
Private life
Who were the upper administrators in the Ptolemaic Egyptian economic system? 490
Greeks
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