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Hellenism The East Meets The West. Alexandria, Egypt Center of all Hellenistic culture. –Thriving commerce –Mixture of eastern/western cultures melded.

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1 Hellenism The East Meets The West

2 Alexandria, Egypt Center of all Hellenistic culture. –Thriving commerce –Mixture of eastern/western cultures melded

3 Hellenistic Science & Tech Astronomy: Aristarchus v. Ptolemy –Aristarchus = sun is 300x larger than Earth & heliocentric theory –Ptolemy = geocentric theory –Eratosthenes = circumference of earth is between 28-29,000 mi. Actual circumference is 24,860!

4 Hellenistic Mathematics Geometry: Euclid –The Elements –Theorems/postulates are unchanged today! Physics: Archimedes –3.14…..... Importance? –Law of the lever –Compound pulley

5 Hellenistic Art Qualities: Display emotion & action –Meant to commemorate heroes, honor gods. –Ordinary people served as inspiration too vs.

6 Hellenistic Art

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8 Hellenistic Art Cont’d vs.

9 Classical or Hellenistic?


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