OCTOBER 24:  THE HELLENISTIC AGE, 323-30 BC

The Hellenistic World:  Greek Civilization on a World Stage

Fighting over the legacy of Alexander:  the wars of the Successors

Weapons of Massive Destruction:  War Elephants

Demetrius the Besieger:

Antiochus III:

Greek Cities everywhere:  Ai Khanum, Afghanistan

Alexandria:  the "Pharos", one of the seven Wonders of the World

The Ptolemies of Egypt:

Papyri:  a fragment from the Septuagint

Cultural Fusion:  Graeco-Indian Buddhist art from Gandhara

The Indian Heracles:

The Trojan War, Gandhara-style:

You can't change the world, so just deal with it:  Zeno the Stoic

Chaotic art for a chaotic world:  the Laocoon