Alexander and Cleopatra (O)

3 ch (3C) (W) · Undergraduate

Explore the dynamic Mediterranean world of the so-called Hellenistic Period between Alexander the Great and Cleopatra (323-30 BCE). Consider the multi-cultural and multi-ethnic societies in places ranging from Spain to Mesopotamia, including the Carthaginian Empire anchored in North Africa, the Greek cities and their neighbo u rs in South Italy and Sicily, Antigonid Macedonia, Ptolemaic Egypt, and the Seleucid Empire based in Syria. Investigate how a wide array of evidence sheds light on the complex interplay between groups like rulers and ruled, foreign soldiers and local populations, and worshippers of old gods and new .