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19 Cards in this Set
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Whose reigns mark the beginning and end of the Hellenistic period? |
a). Alexander the Great b). Augustus |
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What supernatural feat of power did Callisthenes attribute to Alexander? |
The waves retreated for him |
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What was the significance of the Gourdian Knot? |
There was a prophecy that whoever undid the knot would go on to rule Asia |
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How did Alexander loose the knot? |
He chopped it |
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What structure of government did Alexander bring to the territories he conquered? |
Monarchy |
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Give the names and locations of the three main successor kingdoms to Alexander's Empire: |
a.) name: Ptolemy location: Egypt b.) name: Selucus location: Syria/Asian Minor - Afghanistan c.) name: Antigonus location: Macedon
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What was the largest of these kingdoms and what modern nations did it stretch between? |
The Selucid Empire, which extends from Turkey to Afghanistan. |
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What cultural coincidence of the 19th and 20th centuries helped support the belief that hellenization was the "innocent gift of civilization to the benighted barbarians?" |
British Colonization |
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How did the second king of the Selucid empire increase the population of Antioch (the one on the Persian Gulf)? |
He invited colonists to Antioch |
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What was likely the largest city in the Mediterranean world in this period? |
Alexandria |
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In the new cities within the successor kingdoms, which culture predominated? |
Greek |
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What was the difference between koine Greek and the Greek language of earlier periods? |
It was a common dialect, as opposed to many before |
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Why was the centrality of the gymnasion problematic for the native populations of the newly Greek territories? |
The nudity was considered taboo |
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How were the Ptolemies honored in a culturally Egypt context? |
They were treated as pharaohs |
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How did one Jewish leader become high priest in Jerusalem? |
He backed the weaker leader in a battle of two Greek factions |
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What did he do immediately after gaining power? |
He built a gymnasion |
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Name two Jewish religious practices neglected by priest under this High Priest? |
Circumcision and Sacrifice |
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What led to open rebellion against Antiochus? |
He wanted them to build a statues of Zeus in a Jerusalem temple |
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Why did Antiochus plan to keep backing the Hellenizing faction in Jerusalem? |
He wanted them to name the city after him |
