Alexander the Great and Hellenism Hellenistic Culture Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved.

Alexander the Great Son of Phillip II the king of Macedon He conquered most of Greece Alexander will establish an empire from Greece to Egypt and up to the edge of India He adopted Greek Culture and spread Hellenism throughout his empire.

Hellenistic Culture It is the blend of Greek culture with Egyptian, Persian and Indian influences

Alexandria An African city which was the center for trade and Hellenistic culture. This city became an international community with a mix of customs and traditions

Ancient Library of Alexandria Contained a collection of 500,000 papyrus scrolls and masterpieces of ancient literature Was the first true research library in the world Scholars produced commentaries on ancient worlds of literature.

Science and Technology Astronomy- Aristarchus estimated that the sun was 300 times bigger than Earth and that the sun was the center of the universe Nobody accepted this theory. Instead they thought the Earth was the center of the universe

Math and Physics Euclid – Opened the school for geometry in Alexandria Archimedes accurately estimated the value of pi ( ).

Philosophy SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT: 1. Stoicism 2. Epicureanism the belief that there was a divine power that controlled the universe Believed everyone should live in harmony with natural law 2. Epicureanism - taught that the universe was made of atoms and ruled by gods who didn’t care about humans

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