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Hellenistic Culture
Alexander the Great
and Hellenism
Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved.
Alexander the Great• Son of Phillip II the
king of Macedon–He conquered most
of Greece• Alexander will
establish an empire from Greece to Egypt and up to the edge of India
• He adopted Greek Culture and spread Hellenism throughout his empire.
Hellenistic Culture
• It is the blend of Greek culture with Egyptian, Persian and Indian influences
Alexandria
• An African city which was the center for trade and Hellenistic culture.
• This city became an international community with a mix of customs and traditions
Ancient Library of Alexandria• Contained a
collection of 500,000 papyrus scrolls and masterpieces of ancient literature
• Was the first true research library in the world
• Scholars produced commentaries on ancient worlds of literature.
Science and Technology• Astronomy- Aristarchus
estimated that the sun was 300 times bigger than Earth and that the sun was the center of the universe
•Nobody accepted this theory. Instead they thought the Earth was the center of the universe
Math and Physics• Euclid – Opened
the school for geometry in Alexandria
• Archimedes accurately estimated the value of pi ( ).
PhilosophySCHOOLS OF THOUGHT:1. Stoicism
– the belief that there was a divine power that controlled the universe
–Believed everyone should live in harmony with natural law
2. Epicureanism - taught that the universe was made of atoms and ruled by gods who didn’t care about humans
Pictures Cited• Slide 2 – http://www.crystalinks.com/alexandermen.jpg• Slide 3 – http://www.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/alexander-l.jpg• Slide 4 – http://bp2.blogger.com• Slide 5 – http://www.ancientsculpturegallery.com/images/227.jpg• Slide 7 – http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/7lighthouse.gif• Slide 8 – http://www.vjv.com/destinations/africa/egypt/heritage-egypt/images/heritage-
egypt1.jpg• Slide 9 – http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/026019/f4/77249-v6.gif• Slide 10 – http://www.history-magazine.com/lib-alexandria.gif• Slide 11 – http://students.aces.uiuc.edu/system/files/Bibliotheca_Alexandrina.jpeg• Slide 12 – http://www.alia.org.au/groups/active/presentations/alexandria.jpg• Slide 13 – http://asymptotia.com/wp-images/2006/08/solar_system_diag.jpg• Slide 14 – http://www.iaaa.org/pulsar/pictures/mayjun02/ring-galaxy-j-tuccr.jpg• Slide 15 – http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/archimedes270a.jpg