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 real size of the earth, and said that it is round
o Mathematics
and Physics
§ Euclid à
wrote books on Geometry (elements)
§ Archimedes à estimated
the value of pi, and explained the law of the lever
· Archimedes
Screw: this was a device that raised water from the ground
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