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REVIEW

Alexander’s empire

spanned over Asia

(Middle East,

the Indus), Africa

(Egypt), and Europe

(Greece). Compare

and contrast the cultures:

ASIA

AFRICA

Europe

THINK – PAIR – SHARE

Why would Alexander need to unify his

empire?

ALEXANDER SPREADS GREEK CULTURE

Even after Alexander’s death, cities once in Alexander’s empire continued to share an interest in trade, common language, and culture.

HELLENISTIC

“Greek Fusion” Hellenistic culture was a blend

of Greek and Persian, Indian, and Egyptian cultures.

Koine – a version of Greek; a common language

ALEXANDRIA

Major trading city on the Nile

International “melting pot”

ALEXANDRIA’S ATTRACTIONS

Lighthouse Museum & LibraryTemple for the Muses Gallery, zoo, botanical garden

Alexander’s tomb

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Theorized that the sun was larger than Greece (300x the earth)

Theorized that the earth revolves around the sun

Ptolemy theorized that the sun revolves around the earth

Estimated Earth’s circumference Estimated the value of pi ∏Archimedes screw (raised water from

the ground) invented