HIST-151 Chapter 6

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1. HIST-­‐151:  Chapter  6  
2. Hellenism   Buddhism   Trade  
5. Phillip  II   Alexander  the  Great   Massive  armies   Rapid,  extensive   conquests  
8. § To  consider  while  viewing:   § How  credible  is  this   psychological  view  of  the   past?   § Does  knowing  (or  thinking  we   know)  about  Alexander’s   upbringing,  relaPonships,  etc.   help  us  understand  this  Pme   and  place?  
9.         Think  of  it  as  “Greekiness”    Architecture    Art  and  Literature    Clothing    Language    Philosophy    Cosmopolitan  CiPes          
11. Acceptance…    Rome    Carthage    The  Fringes  
12. …and  not    Jewish  resistance  
14. § We’ll  see  more  of  this  in  Chapter  7…   § Rome:  City-­‐state  in  central  Italy   §  Beginning  to  unify  the  peninsula   §  Adopted  Many  elements  of  Greek  culture   §  Why?   § Carthage:  North  Africa   §  Well  established   §  Trading  hub   §  Adopted  Hellenism   §  Why?   § Economic  Impact  of  Alexander’s  Conquests   §  Slave-­‐worked  plantaPon  economies   §  Slave  uprisings  (Spartacus,  late  70s  BCE)   §  Growth  of  coinage-­‐based  economies      
18. 321-­‐184  BCE   RelaPonship  to  Alexander?   Founded  by  Chandragupta  (r.   321-­‐297)    Inspired  by  Alexander    War  and  Diplomacy  with    Seleucids    Megasthenes’s  Indica   Expanded  by  Asoka  (r.  268-­‐231)    Kalinga  Edict  (p  218)    The  role  of  dhamma  
20. Middle  ground   between  the  Indian  and   Hellenic  worlds  
23.         1st-­‐2nd    centuries  CE   Mahayana  Buddhism    “Great  Vehicle”    Bodhisadvas    Buddha-­‐lands    Appeal  to  outsiders            
25. § The  old  setup:   §  East  Asia,  Western   Mediterranean  =  Fringes  of  the   commercial  world   §  Mesopotamia,  Egypt  =  sources   of  “innovaPon  &  knowledge”   § The  new  setup:   §  Imperial  centers  are  in  East  Asia   (Qin/Han  dynasPes)  and   Western  Mediterranean  (Rome)   §  Mesopotamia,  Middle  East   becomes  crossroads,  facilitaPng   trade  between  east  and  west.