Hellenistic Culture
- Hellenistic Culture-Greek culture blended with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences
- 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 Macedonia Empire to communicate in some fashion
Alexandria
- The center of the Hellenistic culture
- located on western edge of 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 Appearance
- The rulers spent a lot of money and time into make the city of Alexandria attractive
- The two greatest attractions were the museum and library
- It was said that Alexander founded those buildings because Alexander had given him a love for learning
- The library was the first true research library, it was used for a gifted group of scholars to do their work
Science and Technology
- Much of the scientific research that was done in Alexandria was very influential
- Until the turn of the 16th and 17th century Alexandria scholars provided most of the scientific information to the west
Astronomy
- The museum contained a small observatory where astronomers could study the stars and planets
- Astronomers named Aristarchus made two very important conclusions
- that the sun was bigger than Greece stating it was 300 times bigger than the earth actually is it 1.3 million times bigger
- The planets revolve around the sun Unfortunately no one supported this theory and another philosopher stated that earth was the center
Math and Physcis
- Euclid-was well known mathematician also wrote a book. Known for writing proofs
- Archimedes-came up with the value of pi and also explained the law of the lever. HE created a pulley to pull heavy objects
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