spread of hellenistic culture

Question 1

koine

Answer 1

-spoken language in hellenistic cities
-everyone could communicate

Question 2

alexandria

Answer 2

-the foremost centre of commerce and hellenistic civilisation
-international community ,with rich mixture of traditions from egypt and the aegean
-half million people

Question 3

scholars

Answer 3

aristarchus-sun 300x larger than earth
-planets orbit around the Sun
ptolemy -incorrectly placed at the center of the solar system
-1st map of the world
erathoteneshe computed Earths circumference almost correctly

Question 4

Mathematics and physics

Answer 4

euclid -Elements-456 geometry propositions and proof
archimedes-estimated value of pi
-explained the law of lever

Question 5

colossus of Rhodes

Answer 5

-bronze statue more than 100 feet
-seven wonders of the ancient world
-earthquake ,bronze sold for scrap

Question 6

winged victory is samothrace(nike)

Answer 6

it was created to praise a green naval victory