Stage 20 Culture Flashcards
Who founded the Museum and Library of Alexandria ?
Greek rulers of Egypt
What are some of Hippocrates accomplishments -
wrote 53 books on medical topics
attempted to remove image and superstition from treatment of disease by observing patients symptoms and trying to discover their causes.
What was one way that Hippocrates and his Greek followers were limited in their investigation?
because greeks felt the idea of a body was disagreeable
How had the Egyptians acquired their knowledge of the interior of the body?
the dissection for their ancient custom of mummifying corpses
What things made Alexandria famous?
science and learning
who was Euclid?
he worked at Alexandria and wrote “elements”
How closely did Eratosthenes estimate the circumference of the earth -
24,662 miles
where did the science of astronomy begin?
Babylonia and then Alexandria
where did the pseudo-science of astrology begin?
by the Chaldeans from Babylonian in 3000 BC.
