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After Alexanders death, his empire lost its political unity. Great new cities and kingdoms arose in the lands he had conquered. * The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion Alexander the Great daring, brave and intelligent defeated the Persian army at the battle of Issus liberated Egyptians from Persian rule founded a new city, Alexandria pushed deeper into Asia took a Persian bride arranged marriages between his soldiers and oriental women----Greek settlers mixed with the native population pushed the world in a new direction: toward a fusion of disparate peoples and the intermingling of cultural traditions This detail of a Roman-era mosaic from Pompeii shows Alexander the Great in battle, probably at Issus. Shining in his battle armor, Alexander is bareheaded, with a wide-eyed, intense gaze betokening his power. The larger scene includes the Persian king Darius, fleeing in his chariot. Pella Museum/Archaeological Receipts Fund Philippe Alexander Defeating Persians at Battle of Issus In this Roman copy of an earlier Greek painting, Alexander the Great is shown on his horse in the battle that brought defeat to Persian king Darius III in 333 B.C.E. Scala/Art Resource,NY Between 359 and 323 B.C., the armies of Macedon conquered first the Greek city-states and then the Persian empire. Macedonian power extended from Greece and Egypt eastward to modern Pakistan. Copyright ? Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved. II. The Competing Dynasties Ptolemies: in Egypt Seleucids: in western Asia Antigonids: in Macedonia Pergamum: in western Asia Minor Copyright ? Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved. Cosmopolitanism Parochialism--------cosmopolitanism/universalism Hellenistic cites: cultural colonization shared language: Koine Alexandria adoption of common currency standards erudite age: science Aristarchus (310-230 B.C.) Sun: the center of the universe Euclid: geometry Eratosthenes: geographer climatic zones earth’s circumference Archimedes: mathematician physicist