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This city was the center of commerce and culture in the Hellenistic world.
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Stoicism
Eratosthenes
Euclid
Alexandria
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This scientist arrived at a fairly accurate calculation of the value of pi (π).
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Eratosthenes
Archimedes
Colossus of Rhodes
Epicureanism
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This city was the center of commerce and culture in the Hellenistic world.
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This scientist arrived at a fairly accurate calculation of the value of pi (π).
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This astronomer arrived at a surprisingly accurate calculation of the earthís circumference.
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This astronomer argued that the sun was much larger than the earth and that
the planets revolve around the sun.
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This bronze statue stood more than 100 feet high. It appears to have been the
tallest statue in the Hellenistic world.
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Among its attractions was a great museum-temple dedicated to the Muses and
the first true research library in the world.
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This mathematicianís work is still the basis of courses in geometry. His
bestñknown work was the textbook Elements.
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This school of philosophy held that the universe is controlled by a divine power
and argued that people should lead virtuous lives in harmony with natural law.
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This school of thought held that the universe is governed by gods who were not
interested in people and the only real objects are those that can be perceived
by the five senses.
