Hellenistic Culture
- Greek culture blended with Egytpian, Persian, and Indian influences
- The language that was used was called Koine meaning common
- Common language was very important as it allowed for people throughtout all of Macedonian Empire
Alexandria
- Center of Hellenistic culture
- Located on western edge of the Nile delta
- Easy for people throughout the MAcedonian Empire to get to the ship
- Booming econoy due to all the diff customs
- Similarities to Ellis Island
Alexandrias Apperance
- spent alot of money and time into making the city attractive
- 2 greatest attraction were the musem and library
- It was said that Alexandrer founded those buildings because Arisotle
- Library was the first true ersearch library, it was used for a gifted group of scholors
Science and Tech
- Scientic research that was done in Alexandria was influence
Astronomy
- Musuem contained a small observatory where they could study stars and planets
- Astronomer named Aristarchus made two very important conclusions which were:
- Sun was bigger than the earth and that the planets revolved around the sun
Math and Phyics
- Euclid- well known mathematician, also wrote a book
- Archimedes- came up with the value of pi and also explained the law of the lever
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