PSYC 4039 Chapter : Mental Illness Before Psych
Document Summary
Victories by alexander the great, macedonian monarch, ended in 323 bce. Controlled greece and persia in just 8 years, also indian ruler poros wanted to establish a universal monarchy, but his troops refused, were tired. He then died, empire was divided into small kingdoms which continued with smaller monarchical rules. Alexander"s conquests marked beginning of hellenistic period in the west. Hellenistic is the term that describes the complex cosmopolitan civilization that begun as alexander died- rich variety of goods, technologies, ideas. Barbarians- people who did not speak greek- ba-ba babble. New kingdoms had influence on rome, with all elements of greek culture used. Hellenism- cultural unity to large area- afghanistan to europe, borrowing and influencing of ideas between cultures. Some of components of western civilization originated in cultural encounters between greeks and non-greeks. Hellenistic era ended in 30 bce- roman ruler octavian brought an end to. Ptolemaic dynasty which had ruled egypt since death of alexander.
