Chapter 5 Flashcards
1
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Alexander the Great’s motives
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- Avenge Persian burning of Athens
- fulfill Phillip II (father’s) dream
- glory/fame
2
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Hellenistic culture
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Greek culture spread by Alexander the Great throughout the Mediterranean Sea area as well as parts of Asia and eventually the rest of the world
3
Q
Alexander’s empire divided into.ll
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- Macedonia
- Syria
- Egypt
- Pergamum
4
Q
Aristarchus
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Created the first theory that earth rotates around the sun, not the other way around
5
Q
Archimedes
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- geometry of spheres/cylinders
- established pi
6
Q
Epicureanism thought - less popular
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- Epicurus founded
- human beings = free to follow own self interest with a goal of eventual happiness
- pursuit of pleasure/freeing self from society
7
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Stoicism thought - more popular
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- Zeno founded
- happiness through living in harmony with the will of god
- didn’t esperare self from society
- public service = noble
