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Hellenistic Culture

Hellenistic Culture. Through Alexander. HC – Blend of Greek, Egyptian, Persian, Indian Koine – Blended language spoken throughout Hellenistic world. Alexandria. Center of commerce and culture in H Wrld Harbor City w/ ½ Mil People Pharos – 400 ft lighthouse 1 st Research Library.

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Hellenistic Culture

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  1. Hellenistic Culture

  2. Through Alexander • HC – Blend of Greek, Egyptian, Persian, Indian • Koine – Blended language spoken throughout Hellenistic world

  3. Alexandria • Center of commerce and culture in H Wrld • Harbor City w/ ½ Mil People • Pharos – 400 ft lighthouse • 1st Research Library

  4. Astronomy • Aristarchus – 2 discoveries • Sun = 300X size of earth – Wrong, but better • Earth around sun • Ptolemy – Put earth at center – Believed for 14 centuries • Eratosthenes – Calc size of earth w/i 1%

  5. Math and Physics • Euclid – wrote geometry books used til 1900s • Archimedes • Estimated Pi very accurately • Lever and compound pulley • Archimedes screw – Raise water from ground

  6. Philosophy • New ideas challenge Plato & Aristotle • Stoicism • Epicureanism

  7. Sculpture • Colossus of Rhodes • Nike • Hellenistic = More realistic • Natural works • Emotional and ordinary people

  8. Hellenistic Decline • By 150 BC in decline • Rome is on the rise

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