City Life
What was the largest and wealthiest of the Hellenistic cities? What region was it in?
Alexandria. In Egypt.
Hellenistic philosophers focused on achieving...
Peace of mind.
What was the general nature of Hellenic (500 - 323 B.C. ) art before the Peloponnesian War?
Utopian or idealistic characteristics of individuals.
What did Aristarchus suggest about the sun - Two things
The sun is larger than the earth - and the earth revolves around the sun.
What city-state in Greece did Alexander not conquer?
Sparta.
What did the presence of lighthouses and harbors allow for?
More advanced and sufficient trade.
Who criticized materialism and asserted that people should give up luxuries and live simply?
Diogenes (Cynicism)
Art became a business - a way to make a profit or a living.
What did Hellenistic doctors create to address problems that were traditionally solved through rituals and prayer?
Drugs and Medicine.
Who took over Alexander's domain in mainland Greece and the Ionian region of Asia Minor.
Antigonus.
What did Jewish scholars in Alexandria do?
Translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek. (Evidence of cultural diffusion as opposed to assimilation.)
In Stoicism, people should ignore their ___________
and follow their ___________________.
Reason.
Who was the playwright famous for making comedies?
Menander.
Why does it make sense that the origins of geography began in Alexandria?
The construction of pyramids and knowledge - diffusion.
In what battle did Alexander gain his first victory?
Battle of Granicus.
How did Greeks decide where they were going to live during the Hellenistic period?
They looked for areas of economic growth and job opportunity, as opposed to simply living in their polis of birth.
Accept the world as is, avoid joy and pain, ignore politics, live quietly with a few close friends.
People in Hellenistic art were often shown in what way?
In the midst of having some emotion.
We associate all of the following with Archimedes except...
The compound pulley
buoyancy
lever
geometry
300 suits of Persian armor.
Who saw a vast improvement in their status with the rise of Hellenistic cities? How was this limited? (Must answer both parts correctly)
Women
Had to be elite. Commoners did not have the same level of opportunity.
Roman intellectuals and Christian thinkers were most greatly impacted by which philosophy?
Stoicism.
What is the purpose of the line "Whom the gods love will die young"
Critique of religion - focus on things you can control.
What was significant about Eratosthenes?
Estimated the earth's circumference to within 1% of the correct figure.
What was the capital of Alexander's empire?
Babylon.