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Hellenistic Culture

Alexander the Great

and Hellenism

Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved.

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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.

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Hellenistic Culture

• It is the blend of Greek culture

with Egyptian, Persian and

Indian influences

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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

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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.

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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

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Math and Physics

• Euclid – Opened

the school for

geometry in

Alexandria

• Archimedes

accurately

estimated the

value of pi ( ).

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Philosophy SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT:

1. Stoicism

– 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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Pictures Cited • Slide 2 – http://www.crystalinks.com/alexandermen.jpg

• Slide 3 – http://www.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/alexander-l.jpg

• Slide 4 – http://bp2.blogger.com

• Slide 5 – http://www.ancientsculpturegallery.com/images/227.jpg

• Slide 7 – http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/7lighthouse.gif

• Slide 8 – http://www.vjv.com/destinations/africa/egypt/heritage-egypt/images/heritage-

egypt1.jpg

• Slide 9 – http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/026019/f4/77249-v6.gif

• Slide 10 – http://www.history-magazine.com/lib-alexandria.gif

• Slide 11 – http://students.aces.uiuc.edu/system/files/Bibliotheca_Alexandrina.jpeg

• Slide 12 – http://www.alia.org.au/groups/active/presentations/alexandria.jpg

• Slide 13 – http://asymptotia.com/wp-images/2006/08/solar_system_diag.jpg

• Slide 14 – http://www.iaaa.org/pulsar/pictures/mayjun02/ring-galaxy-j-tuccr.jpg

• Slide 15 – http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/archimedes270a.jpg