Alexander the Great and Hellenism

• Son of _______________ the king of ______________

– He conquered most of ________________

• Alexander will establish an empire from _______________ to ___________ and

up to the edge of ___________

• He adopted Greek ____________ and spread Hellenism throughout his empire.

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Hellenistic Culture • It is the _______________ of Greek culture with ______________, Persian and

_______________ influences

Alexandria

• An ____________ city which was the ____________ for _________ and

Hellenistic culture.

• This _____ became an _____________________ ______________________

with a mix of customs and traditions

Ancient Library of Alexandria

• Contained a collection of 500,000 _______________ scrolls and

______________________ of ancient literature

• Was the first true ________________ library in the world

• Scholars produced ___________________ on ancient worlds of literature.

Alexander the Great

Science and Technology

• Astronomy- ___________________ estimated that the

sun was _______ times _________ than Earth and

that the _______ was the center of the universe

• ____________________ accepted this theory.

Instead they thought the ______________

was the _______________ of the universe

Math and Physics

• Euclid – Opened the ____________ for ________________

in Alexandria

• Archimedes accurately _________________ the __________

of _____ ( ).

Philosophy

SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT:

1. __________________

– the belief that there was a _______________ ____________ that controlled the _______________.

– Believed everyone should live in ___________________ with _____________ __________

2. _____________________

- taught that the universe was made of _____________ and ruled by ___________ who didn’t care about _______________