Hellenistic Culture: Greek culture blended with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences. Language used was called Koine meaning "common" in Greek. Common language was very important that way all people could communicate.
Alexandria- center Hellenistic culture, located on western edge of the Nile delta. Easy for people to get there by ship. Booming economy due to all different customs and item in Alexandria, some similarities to Ellis Island. Appearance- Rulers spent a lot of money and time into make the city attractive. 2 greatest attraction were the museum and library. Said that Alexander founded library because of the love Aristotle had given him. It was the first true library, it was for gifted scholars to do work.
Science and Tech: Much of the research was influential. Until the turn of 16th and 17th century, Alexandrian scholars provided most of the scientific information to the west.
Astronomy: museum had observatory. Astronomer named Aristrachus made two very important conlusions: sun was bigger than Greece. Planets revolved around the sun. But many people believed the world was the center of the universe for next 14 centuries.
Math and Physics: Euclid- well known mathematician, known for writing proofs. Archimedes- came up with value of pi. explained law of lever, created the pulley.
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