The document discusses the impact of Alexander the Great's expedition on the Hellenistic world, highlighting Greek and Persian cultural contributions. It describes the fragmentation of his empire following his death, with generals engaging in violent power struggles. The Hellenistic period sees the spread of Greek culture, advances in philosophy and sciences, and Persia's role as a trade hub, overshadowed by Rome and China.

1. Greece + Persia = Hellenistic
Or: the impact of Alexander the
Great’s expedition

2. The Route of Alexander

3. Greek

5. Persia

7. Hellenistic

8. Greek Cultural Contributions
●Public dramatic
performances
●Historians and
Political Scientists
●Concept of political
freedom
●Logic, geometry,
●Democracy, tyranny
●Collective Security
●architecture

9. Persian Contributions
●Agriculture produce
and techniques
●Metallurgy
●Spices
●Coinage
●governance
Map of the Empire

10. Empire Break Up

11. The generals are not nice men
●Ptolemy steals Alexander’s body and
runs to Egypt. Alexander’s body
disappears…
●Antigonus heads back to Macedonia and
kills Alexander’s mother and half brother
●Seleucus kills Roxanne and her newborn
son (Alexander’s? Maybe…) and stays in
Persia

12. Hellenistic World
●Greeks become “Greeks” and spread,
but are absorbed by Rome
●Philosophy grows: Skeptics, Epicureans
and Stoics, oh my!
●Astronomy, Engineering; Archimedes
and Euclid do their thing with new math
●Persia becomes a crossroads for trade,
but plays second fiddle to Rome and
China