What were achievements in the Hellenistic period?

Answer 1

The Hellenistic Age was an era in Greece that extended from 323 BCE to 31 BCE. This was a time of extensive achievements in the Sciences, Astronomy, and Mathematics. Some of the people responsible for these achievements are Apollonius, Archemedies, Aristarchus, Aristotle, Asclepiades, Erasistratus, Eratosthenes, Euclid, Herophilus, Hipparchus, and Theophrastus. Many advances were made in the sciences especially in Anatomy and Astronomy.

An example of this would be how Herophilus discovered much about the human anatomy through dissection of dead bodies.

The progress made by these scholars in the Hellenistic Age has influenced our way of life by affecting the way our scientists study in their fields.

The accomplishments made in the field of Anatomy are credited to Herophilus and Erasistratus. Herophilus had been the first to attain knowledge about the human anatomy through his dissection of the deceased bodies in his village.

By accomplishing this he was able to study about the nervous system also.

Herophilus's discoveries has influenced us today through the way that we look at the human anatomy. Erasistratus had been the first to study the human veins and arteries.

Erasistratus also discovered that the human heart was the power source to make blood circulate among the body.

This one discovery of his has helped us understand how we as humans are able to live. These accomplishments were successful at changing the way that people think of the human body.

The success made in the field of Astronomy was enormous in the Hellenistic Age, due to the belief in the gods and the heavens. The scholars who broke ground and shed light on new subjects in this area are Aristarchus and Eratosthenes.

Aristarchus advanced the guess on how the earth revolves around the sun.

He also theorized that all the planets revolved in a circular motion at a constant speed.

When he theorized that the planets revolved around each other at a constant speed he started the ball rolling on how universal gravity works. He also planned out a mathematical scheme that placed the earth at the center of the universe.

These accomplishments made by these early astronomers have changed the way the sky is viewed.

Some other achievements in this era were made by Archemedies, Apollonius, Elucid, Hero, and Hipparchus.

Archemedies had made many plans and had some go all the way to a finished product. These machines have made us rethink how we make most of our machines today. Apollonius had made advancements in the field of mathematics by writing a book on Conics.

Conics are curves that are created by slicing through a double cone with a plane.

Conics are a very helpful to mathematicians in how they teach geometry. Elucid was also made great achievements along with Apollonius. Elucid was the first to summarize all of the earlier Greek geometrical reasoning.

With-out this summary we would not know as much as we do today about mathematics. Hero was the first to create a working steam engine.

He treated it like a toy more than a creation. This "toy" has changed the way we work forever. Hipparchus, like Elucid and Apollonius, was a great influence in the mathematical filed. His great accomplishment was that he invented trigonometry.

Along with Archemedies, Apollonius, Elucid, Hero, and Hipparchus, Pythagoras was a renowned mathematician whose most notable discovery was his theorem. It stated that the sum of the squares on the legs of a right triangle is equal to the square on the hypotenuse.

The equation for this explanation is a2 + b2 = c2.

His theory has made it easier to solve triangular problems. It has also changed the way that geometrical problems today are solved.

These advancements that were made in the Hellenistic Age had gained the interest of many people in the Arabic world. When the scientific discoveries were finally translated into Arabic, the ideas took root.

The Muslim world allowed these ideas to flourish within it.

When these ideas rooted they led to the creation of Arabic Astronomy and Medicine which was a very strong field of study in the Arab world.

Archimedes was a very influential person in the world of engineering. His countless advancements in the field of engineering have made our mechanical products today function easier and work smoother. Archimedes was the greatest mathematician of his age. His contributions in geometry changed the subject.

He was a practical man who invented a variety of machines including pulleys and the Archimedean screw pumping device.

Theophrastus was a man whose interest in botany was expounding out of him. His main contribution to the field of Horticulture was that he sexed many plants. With out this today we would not be as successful as we are with our farming techniques.

Theophrastus stated that wild plants were largely unknown and unnamed.

He discussed wild plants and indicated that attempts had been made to acclimate some. He was handicapped by insufficient terminology and in consequence he introduced some new technical terms. He distinguished between various means of reproduction of plants.

The advancements achieved by Hellenistic scholars is nothing short of astonishing. With-out these achievements the Hellenistic Age, our world today, would be drastically different from the way it is now. The little inventions and theories that were calculated, reasoned, theorized, and solved have had such a profound impact on our day to day lives that we all live. These countless achievements have forever left their mark on our Science, Medical, and Astronomical fields of science.

Answer 2

Significant Hellenistic achievement were the creation of the hellenistic states (the Kingdom of Pergamon in western Turkey, the Seleucid Empire in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia and the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt), the foundation of the great cites of Antioch (in Syria) and Alexandria (in Egypt), the lighthouse and the library of Alexandria, philosophy (Stoicism, Epicureanism and Neoplatonism), a new style in sculpture, advances in mathematics and geometry (especially with Archimedes , Apollonius of Perga and Euclid) and astronomy (with Eratosthenes).

Answer 3

The greatest achievement was sculpture reaching a degree of great perfection. There were statues which were "in-in-the-round;" they could be admired from all angles. There was suppleness of poses, portions of bodies of heroes in motion, great expression of emotions and great studies of draping and effects of transparency of clothing. sculptors sought to represent the character of their subjects. Themes of life were also explored.

Answer 4

Scientific achievement such as figuring out the Earth's stupid circumference...

Answer 5

The main achievements of Hellenistic kingdom were related civilization and the influence on various cultures. The conquest of the Persian Empire was also a great achievement.