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The Hellenistic World
The Hellenistic World1Philip II of Macedon (r 359-335 BCE)Alexander III (the Great) of Macedon (r 335-323 BCE)Ptolemaic Empire (Egypt)Seleucid Empire (Asia Minor)Antigonid Empire (Macedon)Key TermsPhilip II of Macedon
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Alexanders Empire?5Silver Victory Coin Minted in 323 BCE?
Alexander crowned by Nike
Alexander fighting a king on his war elephant6
Cities Founded after the Conquest7
Successor States8Merging Cultures
9SyncretismAlexandriaErastothenes (276-185 BCE)Archimedes (287-212 BCE)Key TermsBuddha with Greek Dress
From 1st c century CE Gandhara, now Pakistan11A New Culture?
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Alexandria of Egypt13
Erastothenes (276-185 BCE)14Archimedes Palimpsest
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