textbook page 149 #1,3-5

Page 149 #1,3-5

1.     Hellenistic- This is when Greek culture bended with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influence. This blending of culture became known as the Hellenistic culture.
      Euclid- Euclid was a highly regarded mathematician who taught in Alexandria.
      Alexandria- A Egyptian city, which was the center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization.
      Archimedes- Archimedes is an important Hellenistic scientist, he was from Syracuse, and he studied in Alexandria. He was the one to accurately estimate the value of pie.
      Colossus of Rhodes- This statue was the largest Hellenistic statue know and was created on Rhodes Island, this bronze statue stood more than 100 feet high.
3.     Alexandria was one of the central places in the Hellenistic world, trade ships from all around the world docked in it harbor. This lead to the culture in Alexandria to spread worldwide.
4.     The great names of astronomy, Eratosthenes and Aristarchus, used a geometry text that was compiled by Euclid to solve many of the question they were trying to answer.

5.     Stoicism and Epicureanism both thought that the main goal of humans was to live in harmony.

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