The Hellenistic Age

Hellenistic Science Arguably the greatest era of scientific development in history, The Hellenistic age highlighted many people and places as importance to the History of our planet. In a time that Alexander The Great was thirsting for power, around 336 b.c.e . His Influence had spread far and wide, and these places that had now been assimilated in the Greek philosophy became known as “Hellenized”. For this Reason the three centuries following Alexander’s death …

…age reminds us much of our own time. Amazing scientific progress was present, cities flourished, business prospered, in turn the rich became richer, but the poor became poorer. Poverty was widespread. In Egypt babies were left outside to die, and were collected by the state as saleable articles. Still the belief is that the scientific benefit outweighed the human loss, so the Hellenistic Age was written down in history as a successful and prosperous time.