Blog For April 10th

Page 149 Section 5 Assessment #1,3,4,5
Gabe Huffman
1.)Hellenistic-a greek culture that was often blended with either Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences

Alexandria-Egyptian city than became the foremost center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization.

Euclid-geometry text compiled by him. was a highly regarded mathematician 

Archimedes-important Hellenistic scientist, he estimated the value of Pi

Colossus of Rhodes-bronze statue that stood more than 100ft high, but was toppled during an earthquake about 225 B.C
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3.)They occupied a strategic site on the western edge of the Nile delta. Trade ships from all around the Mediterranean docked in its spacious harbor 
4.)Euclid compiled geometry text, presented geometry proportions and proofs, and his courses are still the basis of geometry. 
5.)Stoicism and Epicureanism both founded schools, both very strongly believed in something and wanted to perceive that to others