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The concept of the atom originated with ancient Greek philosophers like Democritus, who proposed that matter is composed of indivisible particles called "atomos." They arrived at this idea through philosophical reasoning rather than experimental evidence, suggesting that if matter could be divided indefinitely, there must be a fundamental unit that cannot be divided further. This early atomic theory laid the groundwork for later scientific developments, even though it wasn't empirically proven until much later in history.

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Why did the ancient Greeks reject Democritus' ideas about atoms?

The greeks rejected democritus's idea because they thought that there was something smaller than the atoms.


What do ancient Greeks and Egyptians not have in common?

Well obviously, The Greeks live in Greece while the Egyptians live in Egypt. They have different Gods also. Greece was a democracy, where all the people decided, while Egypt was a monarchy, with one ruler, or Pharoah. The Greeks wore white robes, and if noble, colored robes. The Egyptians wore colored robes with patterns and bangles. That's all I can think of.


Why did the Greeks think that iron atoms did have hooks?

The ancient Greeks did not have the concept of atoms as we understand them today, but they did theorize about the nature of matter. Philosophers like Democritus proposed that all matter was composed of small, indivisible particles called atoms. The idea of "hooks" likely stems from their belief that these particles could connect and interact with each other in various ways, much like physical hooks, to form different substances. This metaphor helped explain how different materials could combine and separate, even though their understanding was not scientifically accurate.


What did the Greeks write on?

The Greeks wrote on stone.


What did the greeks believe about atoms?

The word Atom comes from the Greek a-tomos meaning uncuttable. Name by Democritus, who belived that matter is not continuous but made of tiny, indivisible grains of material, The Atom. We now know that this is not true as atoms are constructed from various ratios of protons & neutrons (which in turn as made up of quarks), and electrons.