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Chapter 5 Sec 5 Spread of Hellenistic Culture
Greek Culture had spread because of Alexander (Nile, Asia, India)
Spread of Greek Culture helped middle class in Hellenistic Age
Hellenistic Culture Alexandria, Egypt - (20 cities named after Alexander the Great)
Trade- major city, commercial center (hub) Trade routes- cultures continue to mix
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Hellenistic Culture Alexandria, Egypt - Trade- major city, commercial center (hub) Trade routes- cultures continue to mix
Increase in trade,
New Ideas, new values Women go out in public, have more rights Women could own property
Hellenistic Culture Polis decline (city) People turn to religion and philosophies Satisfy needs of belonging
Monarchy replace them slowly
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Hellenistic Culture Polis decline (city) People turn to religion and philosophies Satisfy needs of belonging
Monarchy replace them slowly
Religion and Philosophy - begin to see connection between the kings and religion.
4 schools of Philosophers (Ethics)
Hellenistic Culture 4 schools of Philosophers (Ethics)
Cynicism - live simple lives without regard for pleasure, wealth & social status
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Hellenistic Culture 4 schools of Philosophers (Ethics)
Cynicism - live simple lives without regard for pleasure, wealth & social status
Skeptics- all knowledge is uncertain
Hellenistic Culture 4 schools of Philosophers (Ethics)
Cynicism - live simple lives without regard for pleasure, wealth & social status
Skeptics- all knowledge is uncertain
Stoic- divine reason directs world, accept fate without complaint- spark of divine within them. Follow spark!
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Hellenistic Culture 4 schools of Philosophers (Ethics)
Cynicism - live simple lives without regard for pleasure, wealth & social status
Skeptics- all knowledge is uncertain Stoic- live life with the will of god or the natural laws that God established to run universe…Human desires, power and wealth are dangerous distractions….divine reason directs world, accept fate without complaint Epicurean – Only real objects are those that the five senses precieve. Aim of life is to seek pleasure (food), avoid pain. Limit desires to avoid suffering.Achieve harmony of body & mind
Sculpture: Statues to honor gods, heroes, and ordinary people.
Colossus of Rhodes(island of Rhodes) 100 foot bronze statue. 7 Wonders of the Ancient World (earthquake destorys it.)
NATURAL WORKS.
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Hellenistic Culture Science - lots of inventions World is not flat No interest in discoveries of labor saving
machines - slaves could do it.
Hellenistic Culture Science - lots of inventions World is not flat No interest in discoveries of labor saving
machines - slaves could do it. Euclid #22 - “Elements”geometry -shapes Archimedes -(honorable mention 100+) pi = the ratio of circumference of a circle to its diameter
Archimedes Screw= pulls water upward Still used today!
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Hellenistic Culture Medicine Egypt- center of medical science Embalming Study bodies of executed criminals Herophilus = Brain is center of nervous system
Hellenistic Culture Astronomy & Geography
Track stars Earth moved around Sun Predict eclipses Earth is round Eratosthenes = Distance around earth, (very
accurate) did so by finding the angle of suns rays on different locations on earth
Aristarchus: 1. sun at least 100 times larger thean earth 2. earth evolves around sun. (not accepted)
*Ptolemy incorrectly placed the earth at the center of solar system. (accepted view for 1400 years.)
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