Alexander the Great introduced what is called the Hellenistic* period of history: His empire brought Greek ideas, art, language, habits to "the world," as far east as India and south as Egypt. Compare and contrast the central ideas, and impacts, of Hellenistic science and philosophy.

Were Epicureanism and Stoicism a continuation of "traditional" Greek thought (Socrates, Plato, etc) or were they a "new," Hellenistic development?

What were the major political and cultural changes in the Hellenistic Age? Please provide me with specific example to support your conclusions