Ch. 11 Sec. 4
What did Alexandria do with this money?
Alexandria build projects like the great library and many museums
How did Alexandria grow rich?
Alexandria grew Rich from handling the trade between peoples of three continents
What was an achievement of Hippocrates?
He believed that all diseases have natural causes. Created a standard of conduct for doctors
What was an achievement of Aristarchus?
He first suggested that the earth revolves around the sun
What was an achievement of Aristotle?
He realized that the earth was round
What was an achievement of Eratosthenes?
He used geometry to measure the size of the earth
Name some things about Thucydies
He was born around 460 BC, he lived during the Peloponnesian war, to write about the wars he would visit the battle site and interview people who participated in the event
Name some things about Herodotus?
He was born in 484 BC, he asked why certain events happened, he lived during the Second Persian war and wrote a book called the histories
What was an achievement of Democritus?
He was the first to name atoms the particles that form all matter
Name some things about Aristotle
He wrote a book called politics and believed that citizens must participate in politics to be happy, he was born in 384 BC, he studied at Plato's Academy, he built his own school called the Lyceum
Name some things about Plato
He wrote a book called the republic, he did not approve the way democracy function in Athens, he thought the ideal city say would be led by philosopher kings
Who studied human anatomy in Alexandria?
Herophilus and Erasistratus
Who is Hippocrates?
Hippocrates was the best known greek doctor
What was the Socratic method?
It was a form of teaching in which the teacher asks students question after question to force them to think more clearly
What was academy?
It was the school of philosophy founded by Plato
What was a hypothesis?
Logical guess
What was the first thing scientist studied?
Nature
What school did Plato make?
Plato made an Academy of philosophy
What principle formed the basis of Greek science?
The principle that form the basis of science was logic and observation
Who founded the great library?
Ptolemy
Who is Pythagoras?
Pythagoras of Samos was an early Greek mathematician
How did Socrates die?
Socrates was executed because he corrupting the youth by telling them to ask questions to authorities which made them feel uncomfortable. Also he questioned the gods.
Who was Socrates?
Socrates was the teacher of Alexander the Great
What was the Hippocratic oath?
Take it by medical students swearing to practice medicine in an ethical way
Why did the city of Alexandria attract scholars?
The city about Sandra attracted scholars because it had the great library and many museums. Also in Alexandria the library was filled with every source of knowledge so the scholars wanted to see all the resources, more than 500,000 book rolls or scrolls were in that library
What was Herodotus called?
The father of history
What were the stoics?
The stoics were a group that thought people needed to live in harmony with nature.
Who founded the Stoics?
Zeno
Name some things about Xenophon
he was born around 427 BC to 355 BC, he traveled the Persian empire and Greece, he wrote the first known auto biography in world history
