Hellenistic culture- greek culture blended with egyptian, persian, and indian influences.
the language that used was called koine meaning common in greek.
the common laguage was very inportant as it allowed for people throughout all of macedonian empire to communtication.
alexandia-
the center of the hellenistic culture
located on the western edge of the nile delta.
it was easy for people throughout the maedonian empire to get to by ship.
booming economy due to all the different customs and items that came to alexadria
alexandria apperance-
the rulers spent a lot of money and time intio making the city of alexandria attractive.
the two greatest attractions were the musem and library.
it was said that alexadria founded those buildings because aristotle had given him a love for learning.
science and technology-
much if the scientifc research that was done in alexandria was very influential
until the rurn od the 16th and 17th century, alexandrian scholars provided most od the scientifc
Astronomy-
the museum contained a obsrevatory where astonomers could study the stars and planets.
math and physics-
Euclid- was a well known mathematician, also wrote a book. known for writing proofs.
Archimedes- came up with the value of pi and also explained the law od the lever. He created a pully to pull heavy objects.
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