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Hellenistic Culture
Astronomy
- Created Museum with small observatory
- Discovered true size of the sun
- Discovered the planet including earth is revolving around the sun
- Discovered true distance between sun and earth
Philosophy
- Teachings of Plato and Aristotle was influential to the culture
- Stoicism & Epicureanism was developed from the original teaching of Plato and Aristotle
- Zeno founded Stoicism and Epicurus founded Epicureanism
- Stoicism promoted social unity, Epicureanism promoted moderation in all things.
Physics
- Archimedes Screw was invented
- Force pump was built based off of Archimedes discoveries
- Steam engine was also based off of Archimedes
- Pnuematic Machine was built
Mathematics
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- Developed Pythagorean Theorem
- Estimated accurately the value of pi
Define Hellenistic, explain how Alexandria became a center of Hellenistic culture
Compilation of multiple cultures. Because of the trade, Alexandria became the center of Hellenistic culture.
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