invention of inventing

Question 1

Who was Alexander? Where did he come from ?

Answer 1

A rotten student of Aristotle became a great military leader from Macedon

Question 2

why was Macedon so prosperous

Answer 2

• good farming
• lots of gold , wealth
• put that wealth into army

Question 3

Who was Alexander’s father? what was he like?

Answer 3

Philip II. a drunk, killed lots of people. was assassinated

Question 4

What did Philip II try to capture? why was it so difficult?

Answer 4

• All of Greece

- not unified, a bunch of city states that didn’t get alone

Question 5

what was the first act alexander performed as king

Answer 5

slaughtered his entire family

Question 6

what was the second act alexander performed as king

Answer 6

captured Athens

Question 7

What was the Hellenistic period

Answer 7

period where everywhere alexander conquered he assimilated to greek culture

Question 8

What was the biggest empire at the time of alexander ?

Answer 8

• Persia

Question 9

What empire did alexander take from persia

Answer 9

egypt

Question 10

How did Egypt react to Alexandrian rule

Answer 10

loved it, felt like they were freed. hated Persia. made alexander a living god/pharaoh

Question 11

What did alexander declare the new capital of Egypt

Answer 11

Alexandria

Question 12

what ancient wonder was located in alexandria

Answer 12

great lighthouse

Question 13

how did Alexandria die

Answer 13

drunkenness in babylon

Question 14

how was alexanders empire divided after his death

Answer 14

between his generals, one to rule each city

Question 15

Which general was left in charge of Alexandria

Answer 15

Ptolemy I

Question 16

what did Ptolemy open in alexandria

Answer 16

the mouseion which had the library of alexandria

Question 17

How many books/texts were in the library of alexandria

Answer 17

1 million original texts

Question 18

how was the library of Alexandria destroyed the first time

Answer 18

civil war, temple nearby set on fire and spread to library

Question 19

How was the library of Alexandria destroyed the second time

Answer 19

burned by christians

Question 20

Who rediscovered the library of Alexandria after the second destroying

Answer 20

Arabs

Question 21

Who was eratosthenes

Answer 21

teacher/director at the great library

• calculate dthe circumference of the earth, distance to the sun, distance to the moon, and tilt of earths axis
• Invented chronology

Question 22

Who was Heron

Answer 22

produced textbooks for students which survived

• teacher/inventor
• pneumatica (based on ctesibius and Archimedes)
• many inventions

Question 23

how was anatomy viewed in ancient culture

Answer 23

punishable by death. heinous to disturb dead

Question 24

How long was anatomy studied in ancient culture and where

Answer 24

50 years in alexandria

Question 25

what did Ptolemy have to do with anatomical studies in Alexandria

Answer 25

government support. funds facilites, and death sentenced subjects

Question 26

who was Herophilus

Answer 26

experiments with brain | -neuro anatomy

Question 27

who was Erasistratus

Answer 27

experimented with the heart, learned that heart is a pump

Question 28

why was the study of anatomy ended

Answer 28

dissection and vivisection seen as untraditional, no use to romans ( 4 humours)

Question 29

what were the 4 humours

Answer 29

balance of fluids that dictated health according to the romans

Question 30

what was hodos

Answer 30

tube inside of female from anus to mouth according to romans