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 Macedonian Empire to communicate in some fashion
Alexandria:
- he 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
- similar to Ellis island
Alexandria's appearance
- rulers spent a lot of money and time to make the city of alexandria attractive
- the two greatest attractions were the museam and the library
- said that alexander founded those buildings
- the library was the first reaserch library
Science and Technology
- much of the scientific research that was done in alexandria was influential
Astronomy
- museam contained a small observatory where astronomers could study the stars and planets
Math and Physics:
- Euclid - was well known mathematician, also wrote a book and is known for writing proofs
- Archimedes - came up with the calue of pi and also explained the law of the lever. He created a pulley to pull heavy objects as well
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