Hellenistic Culture

Trade

Diversity

• expanded from Eastern Mediterranean to Asia
• Allowed Greek Culture to spread to all the places in the empire
• spoke the same language
• after Alexander's death the kingdoms split up therefore not as powerful
• seperated from

Science and Technology

• Eratosthenes - astronomer that calculated Earth’s circumference very close to what it actually was
• Euclid - wrote Elements, book on plane geometry
• Archimedes - worked on geometry shapes
• used new technology to win in warfare and create a large empire

Philosophy and Art

• influenced readers, writers, scientist, and artist
• Euclid - wrote Elements, book on plane geometry
• Archimedes - worked on geometry shapes
• Epicureanism - believed everyone should be free and follow their own interest
• Stoicism - you don’t need material objects to be happy