| HIST 412/512 Topics | Instructor: Vinson S | ||
| Greek History II, the Hellenistic World | |||
| CRN: 26043/26044 | Time/Location: 09:30-10:50 UH / 136 ED |
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This course will acquaint students with the history and civilization of the eastern Mediterranean in the years between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC. The course is a continuation of Hist. 412/512, The History of Classical Greece, but students need not have taken Classical Greek history to enroll in the history of the Hellenistic World. |
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Hellenistic Period was a time in which Greek civilization and culture had
spread throughout the eastern Mediterranean world, and in which the great
civilizations of the ancient Near East – Egypt, Babylonia, Phoenicia –
were under the control of Greek-speaking dynasties.
Greek culture and civilization continued to flourish in the
Hellenistic period: art and sculpture reached impressive levels of technical
sophistication; scientists and scholars established great centers of
learning like the Library at Alexandria; and new schools of philosophy
continued the great tradition of classical Athens. Nevertheless, the ancient
cultures of the Near East remained vital, and the story of the collisions
between Greek and indigenous cultures is one of the most fascinating aspects
of Hellenistic history. Of
special interest in this regard is Hellenistic Egypt, which is the source of
an immense number of documents written in both Greek and Egyptian, and whose
social, economic and political history can be reconstructed at a level of
detail impossible for other parts of the Hellenistic world.
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