Arranged for 10,000 soldiers to do the same
Wore Persian dress
Used Persian administration
Attempted to fuse the cultures of East and West
Economy of the Hellenistic world
Trade was not Alexander’s main priority
Breakup of Alexander’s Empire
Generals divide empire
Ptolemaic—Egypt
Selucid—Mesopotamia Area
Antigonids—Macedonia
Polis to Cosmopolis
Collapse of Classical Greece=century of warfare
City-states fail to protect
Intellectuals begin to eject direct democracy
Plato embraced the Philosopher-King in the Republic
Bitter over the death of Socrates
Change in Greek attitudes toward public life
Fused public-private life of the polis gives way
Duty to the sate no loner prized
Virtue no longer a public duty
New focus on the individual
Comedy and drama begin to criticize and lampoon the polis
More focus on domestic life
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Greece Women
Married off shortly after puberty
Stay home and not leave the house
Especially in Upper classes
No public life
No right to own property and work
Poor women had more rights in public life
Women were excluded when there were guests in the house
Men were valued more than women, hence there was homosexuality amongst men
Spartan Women
Aristotle was condescending
Made women seem masculine (man like)
Calls women evil
Spartan War Machine (Army)
Military was very organized
Split into units and regimented
Xenophon
Was an outsider looking into the military of Sparta
Religion
Very passionate
Polytheistic
Gods, had same feelings and emotions as humans but very powerful.
Sacrifice
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- Fall '07
- Austin
- World History, public life, Wore Persian dress, Spartan War Machine
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