Early European History. Hutton Webster
What modern countries are included within the Macedonian Empire under Alexander?
12. How did the founding of the Hellenistic cities continue the earlier colonial expansion of Greece?
13. Why were the Hellenistic cities the real "backbone" of Hellenism?
14. Why do great cities rarely develop without the aid of commerce? Were all the great cities in Alexander's empire of commercial importance?
15. Show how Alexandria has always been one of the meeting points between Orient and Occident.
16. How did the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 A.D. affect the commercial importance of Alexandria?
17. Name some of the great scientists of the Alexandrian age.
18. What were their contributions to knowledge?
19. Using the maps on pages 76 and 132, trace the growth of geographical knowledge from Homer's time to that of Ptolemy.
20. What parts of the world are most correctly outlined on Ptolemy's map?
21. "The seed-ground of European civilization is neither Greece nor the Orient, but a world joined of the two." Comment on this statement.
FOOTNOTES
[1] Webster, Readings in Ancient History, chapter xii, "Demosthenes and the Struggle against Philip"; chapter xiii, "Exploits of Alexander the Great."
[2] Philippi became noted afterwards as the first city in Europe where Christianity was preached. See Acts, xvi, 9.
[3] See the map between pages 68–69.
[4] See page 275.
[5] See page 39.
[6] See page 272.
[7] See page 90.
[8] See page 36.
[9] See John Dryden's splendid ode, Alexander's Feast.
[10] See pages 20 and 39.
[11] See pages 39–40.
[12] Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander, vii, 26.
[13] See the map facing page 128.
[14] The term "Hellenic" refers to purely Greek culture; the term "Hellenistic," to Greek culture as modified by contact with Oriental life and customs.
[15] See page 81.
[16] The lighthouse on the island of Pharos was considered one of the "seven wonders" of the ancient world. The others were the hanging gardens and walls of Babylon, the pyramids, the Colossus of Rhodes, the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the mausoleum at Halicarnassus, and the statue of Zeus at Olympia.
[17] See page 120.
[18] See page 89.
[19] See page 74.
[20] Not to be confused with King Ptolemy (page 127).
[21] See page 125.
[22] See page 48.
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