Hellenistic Culture
- Greek culture blended with egyptian, persian and indian influneces
- The language that was used was called "Koine" meaning "common" in greek
- The common language was very important as it allowed for people throughout all of macedonian empire to communicate in some fashion
Alexandria
- The center of the hellenistic culture
- Located on western edge of the nile delta
- Easy for people throughout the Macedonian empire to get to by ship
- Booming economy due to all the different customs and items that came to Alexandria
- Some similarities to Ellis Island
Alexandria's Appearance
- The rulers soent a lot of money and time into making the city attractive
- The 2 biggest attractions were the library and museum
- It was said that Alex founded those buildings because Aristotle had given him a love for learning
- The library was the 1st true research library, it was used for a gifted group of scholars to do their work
Science & Technology
- Much of the scientific research that was done in Alexandria was very influential
- Until the turn of the 16th and 17th century, Alezandria scholars provided most of the scientific information to the west
Astronomy
- The museum contained a small observatory where astronomers could study the starts and planets
- Astronomer name Aristarchus made two very important conclusions:
1) The sun was bigger than Greece by 300X
2) The plantets revolved around the earth
Math & Physics
- Euclid was a well known mathmatician, also wrote a book. He was known for writting proofs
- Archimedes came up with the balue of pi and also explained the law of the lever. He created a pulley to pull heavy objects as well
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