CLCS 380, FINAL EXAM Review Sheet:  Campaigns of Alexander Spring 2023

 

PART I. MAP TEST.  Select the most appropriate answer for the numbered items (Map and Multiple Choice 40 questions, 2 points each)

                                                                                                                                                                           


PART II. Multiple Choice items:

 

CAMPAIGNS: Battle of Granicus R., Battle of Issos, Siege of Tyre, the Oracle of Zeus Ammon at Siwah, Gaugamela, the Philotas Conspiracy, the "Undisciplined Division"; Mutiny at the Hyphasis, the Epigoni, Battle of the Hydaspes River; Battle vs the Mallians,

PERSIAN AND OTHER LEADERS: Darius III, Bessus, Porus (Puru), Ombhi (Ambhi, Taxila), Dhana Nanda (Agrammes of Gangaridae)

PLOTS VS. ALEX:  Parmenio, Philotas, Cleitus the Black, Callisthenes, the Mutiny at Opis

FRIENDS AND SUCCESSORS: Philip Arrhidaeus, Roxane-Alexander IV, Perdiccas, Antigonus the One-Eyed, Demetrius Poliorketes, Ptolemy I Soter, Seleucus I Nicator, Siege of Rhodes (306-305 BC), Eumenes of Cardia,  Philetairos of Pergamum (Attalids), Lysimachus

SUCCESSOR STATES: Ptolemaic Egypt (Alexandria; 305-27 BC), Seleucid Syria (Antioch; 305-63), Antigonid Macedonia (Pella, 270-166), Attalid Pergamum (Pergamum, 270-133); “Friends of the King”; kosmopolitai, gymnastic education

HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION-- Zoroaster, Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Jainism, Buddhism, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Zeno the Stoic, Epicurus, Diogenes the Cynic, Isis Cult, Mithras Cult

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE SECTION WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IMAGES AVAILABLE AT THE LINKS BELOW

 

IMAGES FROM ALEXANDER’S CAMPAIGNS AT THE WEBSITE:  Pergamum, Alexandria,  Persepolis, 

KNOW THE BATTLE MAPS: Granicus R., Issos, Gaugamela, Hydaspes River

 

IMAGES TO  KNOW:

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Ptolemy I Soter            Demetrius Poliorketes   Dying Gallic Warrior,             Altar of Zeus,Pergamum         

(367-382)                    (337-283 BC)                          Pergamum                                         

 

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Antigonus the One-Eyed   Cleopatra and Philip Arrhidaeus                  Helepolis, Siege of 

(382-301 BC)                                                                                        Rhodes (306-05 BC)

 

  Rhodian amphorae 3rd century B.C. 

Artemis of Ephesus   Library of Vedius         Rhodian amphora            Pataliputra

at Ephesus

 

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Edict of Ashoka               Stupa at Sanchi          Buddhist monastery           Elephant stables at

                                                                                At Karli                            Gwalior

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Pyramids of Meroe                    Ishtar Gate from Babylon           Cleopatra of Egypt

                                                                                                    With Julius Caesar

                                                                                                    And Caesarion

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Tyre                                 Persian era fortifications         Priene                    Halicarnassus

                                                  At Sardis

 

 

Part III: ESSAY (WRITE ON ONE ONLY, DETERMINED BY LOT) (20 points)

 

EVEN: THE CHARACTER OF ALEXANDER.  Do a character-study of Alexander:  what seem to have been the formative influences in his life?  Was there method to his madness?  Describe his parents and the influence that they appear to have had on him.  Discuss his supposed personality changes and the specific turning points at which we begin to perceive them.  With regard to his behavior at the end of his career, discuss whether his actions as "Great King" were rationally or irrationally motivated.

 

ODD: MACEDONIAN MUTINIES and CONSPIRACIES.  Discuss problems which arose between Alexander and his Macedonian army during the campaigns from Persia to India and back (330-323 B.C.).  Mention and assess all pertinent evidence for the soldiers' complaints arising during the mutinies.  What issues and/or attitudes seem to have been at root in these conflicts? You are welcome to discuss the question from the perspective of the officers and bodyguards or the common soldiers.