Maddy's Western Civ 2018

today in class we finished our outline. Philosophy and Art ·       Epicureanism and Stoicism : two schools founded from Greeks. o    Stoicism : Greek philosopher named Zeno founded the school of philosophy and believed that people should live in harmony with the will of god or the natural laws that God established to run the universe. They also preached that human desires, power and wealth were dangerous distractions. This promoted unity and encouraged followers to focus on what they could control. o    Epicureanism : Epicurus founded the school of thought. He taught that gods who didn’t have interest in humans ruled the universe. Believed that real objects were those that the five senses perceived. He taught that the greatest good and the highest pleasure came from virtuous conduct and the absence of pain. The main goals of humans was to achieve harmony of the body and mind. ·       Sculptures : o    Colossus of Rhodes : a bronze statue, that is more th

Today in class, our class voted to have the test when we get back from break. Then we learned some new information. Here is the notes that I took in class, and the ones that I added to my outline. Hellenistic Culture:             Hellenistic Culture in Alexandria ·       Hellenistic culture is a blend of Greek, Egyptian, Persian, and Indian culture ·       Trade and Culturally Diversity: o    Alexander became a foremost center of commerce and culture/civilization. ·       Alexandria’s Attractions: o    Alexander’s coffin o    Pharos lighthouse o    Library that had 500,000 papyrus (paper) scrolls Science and Technology ·       Astronomy: o    Aristarchus à found out that the sun is at least 300 times bigger than the earth and other planets revolved around the sun o    Ptolemy à disagrees with Aristarchus, and thinks that the earth is the center of the universe (this was then taught for 14 centuries) o    Eratosthenes à estimated the r