Map 1

1. Click on the areas controlled by the following powers around 340 B.C., prior to Alexander's conquests:
   • Rome
   • Carthage
   • Egypt
   • Persia
   • The Greek city-states
   • Macedonia
2. Click on the states that were:
   • Rising
   • Declining
3. What does the distribution of rising and declining powers suggest about the changing center of gravity of Western civilization? Why do you think this was taking place?

Map 2

1. Drag the name of each of the major Hellenistic successor states to the appropriate location:
   • Seleucid Kingdom
   • Ptolemaic Kingdom
   • Antigonid Kingdom
2. This map shows the Hellenistic world after Alexander's death. What does this reveal about the ability of Alexander's successors to hold his conquests together? What might this reveal about the mixing of cultures in this part of the world during the two centuries following Alexander's death?