COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS

Document Links:

Document 4-1: Arrian, The Campaigns of Alexander the Great

Document 4-2: Zeno, Egyptian Official, Records

Document 4-3: Funerary Inscriptions and Epitaphs

Document 4-4: Epicurus, Letter to a Friend

Document 4-5: Archimedes, Letter to Eratosthenes/Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Archimedes’ “Eureka!” Moment

  1. How does Alexander the Great define “civilization” in his assessment of his father’s and his own accomplishments (Document 1)? In what ways did Hellenistic kingdoms reflect and build on this definition as revealed in the Egyptian records (Document 2)?

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    How does Alexander the Great define “civilization” in his assessment of his father’s and his own accomplishments (Document 1)? In what ways did Hellenistic kingdoms reflect and build on this definition as revealed in the Egyptian records (Document 2)?
  2. What are the similarities and differences between Epicurus’s views of the human condition and those expressed in the inscriptions and epitaphs?

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    What are the similarities and differences between Epicurus’s views of the human condition and those expressed in the inscriptions and epitaphs?
  3. What evidence can you find in these documents of increased interactions between Greek and Near Eastern peoples in the Hellenistic world?

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    What evidence can you find in these documents of increased interactions between Greek and Near Eastern peoples in the Hellenistic world?
  4. In what ways did these interactions shape everyday political, intellectual, and economic life?

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    In what ways did these interactions shape everyday political, intellectual, and economic life?