Chapter 4 - The Hellenistic World

Egypt

Egypt

________ had no slave class in the countryside, nor was there much domestic slavery outside Alexandria.

Philip

Demosthenes delivered a series of orations, known as the Philippics, in which he portrayed ________ as ruthless, deceitful, treacherous, and barbaric and called on the Athenians to oppose him.

Macedonia

In ________, a pattern of alliances between mothers and sons provided openings for women to take an active role in politics, especially in political intrigue.

Alexandria

________** had cults of the traditional Greek gods, Egyptian deities such as Isis and Horus, the Babylonian Astarte, and the Syrian Atargatis.

Isis

________ was also portrayed as the giver of civilization who had brought laws and letters to all humankind.

Macedonian phalanx

The ________ was supported by strong cavalry contingents that helped to break the opposing line of battle and create disorder in the enemys ranks.

Archimedes

________ was especially important for his work on the geometry of spheres and cylinders, for establishing the value of the mathematical constant pi, and for creating the science of hydrostatics.

Egypt

The Ptolemies in ________ made Alexandria an especially important cultural center.

Archimedes

________ was also a practical inventor.

The Macedonians

Unlike the Greeks, ________ were mostly rural folk and were organized in tribes, not city-states.

Demosthenes

________ delivered a series of orations, known as the Philippics, in which he portrayed Philip as ruthless, deceitful, treacherous, and barbaric and called on the Athenians to oppose him.

Antigonid Kingdom of Macedonia

The united empire that Alexander created by his conquests disintegrated after his death.

Asia Minor

Other groups of Celts later attacked ________, where Attalus I bested them in 230 B.C.

Sparta

In ________, women were allowed to own land and manage their own economic affairs.

Thracians and Syrians

Although slaves came from everywhere, ________ were the most numerous.

Hellenistic

Although the ________ kingdoms encompassed vast areas and many diverse peoples, the Greeks provided a sense of unity as a result of the diffusion of Greek culture throughout the ________ world.

Ptolemies in Egypt

The ________ made Alexandria an especially important cultural center.

Hellenistic era

The ________ witnessed a more conscious separation of science from philosophy.

Epicureanism

Among educated Greeks, the philosophies of ________ and especially Stoicism offered help. Another source of solace came in the form of mystery religions.