Test Review Day 2

In class today, we continued to review for the test on Wednesday by taking notes on the Hellenistic culture. I also have five tests back to back tomorrow...
My notes from today are below:

Hellenistic Culture:

Hellenistic Culture in Alexandria:

- Hellenistic culture: Blend of Greek, Egyptian, Persian, and Indian culture

- Trade + culturally diverse: 
*- Alexandria became a foremost center of commerce and  culture/ civilization*

- Alexandria's attractions:
- Alexander's coffin
- Pharos (lighthouse)
- Library which had 500,000 papyrus scrolls

Science and Technology:

- Astronomy: 
- Aristarchus: found out that the sun is at least x300 bigger than the Earth, Earth and other planets revolved around the sun

- Ptolemy: disagrees with Aristarchus, says that Earth is center of universe, this is taught for the next 14 centuries 

- Eratosthenes: estimated the real size of Earth, says its round 

- Mathematics and Physics:
- Euclid: wrote the book on Geometry (Elements) 

- Archimedes: estimated the value of pi, explained law of the lever
- The Archimedes screw: could raise water from ground

-Philosophy and Art:
- Stoicism and Epicureanism:
- Zeno: founded the school of philosophy called stoicism
- Stoicism: we should do the right thing, live virtuous lives in harmony with the will of God

- Epicurus: founded the school of thought called Epicureanism    

- Sculptures:
- Colossus of Rhodes: A bronze statue more than 100 ft high, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world


- By 150 B.C. the Hellenistic world is declined, and the city of Rome is on the rise

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