1 gen 319 anni a. C. - Effects of Alexanders Conquest

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SHORT ANSWER WARNING
- Effects of Alexander's conquest
- Trade→Knowledge of the world expanded, Ideas and goods exchanged i.e. silver - spain ivory-india, gold-ethiopia and nubia
- People→Populations mixed
- Common language→Koiné
- Individualism→People were searching for new religions, philosophies, art--> less perfect people, everyday people and situations, e.g. Marble Statue of an Old Woman

Hellenization is a big effect - see hellenization event

Politically:
because he had no clear government other than the military structrue, and because he had no heir, ended in military generals squabbling over the remains of Alexander's empire
- Seleucid kingdom in Syrian and Mesopotamia
- Antigonid kingdom in Greece and Asia minor, capital = Lydia
- Ptolemaic kingdom/period in Egypt
- most powerful because Nubian gold, food,
ivory
- leads to great advancement in Alexandria -
money for library and to fund research

Astrononomy, Philosophy, + Science flourish in Alexandria

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