Ancient Greece II 449 BCE to 300 BCE

Ancient Greece II • 449 BCE to 300 BCE Peloponnesian War Pericles Alexander the Great

Phillip II of Macedonia • Conquered Greece • Father of Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great • Son of Phillip II • Adopted Greek Culture Aristotle tutoring Alexander

• Conquered the Persians and established an Empire extending from Egypt to India(including Greece and Macedonia)

• Spread Greek culture

Alexander’s Death • After 11 years of fighting, Alexander died due to an illness with fever – maybe caused by a mosquito • Three of his generals established dynasties which lasted until the rise of the Roman Empire

Hellenistic Age • The years of Greek influence following Alexander’s death and ending with the Roman conquest.

• Blending of Greek (Hellenic) culture with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences

Hellenistic Trade • Hellenistic culture spread through trade Hellenistic Trade Routes

• Advances art, architecture, philosophy, mathematics and science

Greek Mathematicians • Pythagoras and Euclid “Pythagoras and Euclid thought math was not stupid”

Pythagoras Pythagorean Theorem: formula used to calculate the relationship between the sides of a right triangle

Euclid • The Father of Geometry • Wrote The Elements • His work is still the basis for modern courses in geometry

Greek Scientists Hippocrates Medicine and Archimedes Physics and geometry

Hippocrates • The Father of Medicine • Wrote the “Hippocratic Oath, ” which is still used by doctors today. • Refused to use the gods to explain illness • Stressed the importance of observation, diagnosis and treatment

Archimedes • Invented many practical devices including the lever and pulley, the screw, and the catapult “Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand I will move the earth. "