• Hellenistic- Blending of Greek and Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences
•Alexandria- received trade ships from all over and had 1/2 a million people by the third century BC
• Euclid- taught math in Alexandria, wrote the Elements, 465 geometry proofs and propositions
• Archimedes - estimated pi and explained the law of the lever
• Colossus of Rhodes- A statue located on Rhodes made of bronze fell by earthquake 225 BC
2. geometry because it helped in astronomy, architecture and still applies to us today
3. the trade was from all the countries and very diverse
4. the geometry that he wrote about helped Eratosthenes and Aristarchus calculate the earth size.
5. they both have the belief that people should live in peace
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