Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

This course examines the career of Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic era that followed his conquest of the eastern Mediterranean. The main themes include the goals of Alexander, the new political climate of kingship and patronage that he helped create, the interaction of the Greeks with the civilizations of Egypt and the East, and the integration of new cultural ideas into Greek society. [Note 1: This course is cross-listed as CLAS 2021 and may therefore count as 3 credits in either discipline.](Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: HIST/CLAS 3011)