HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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Greek scientist taught people to connect everyday events with the activities of the gods or spirits. Example:God made it rain.
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They didn’t. Ms. Henion’s class still things it gets dark when an angel in heaven turns off the lights.
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They showed them episodes of Bill Nye the Science Guy.
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Greek scientists looked for natural/scientific causes for rain, illness, and the sun’s movement. The scientists made observations, formed hypothesis, and explained observations.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In this system the entire universe was part of a great sphere. This sphere was split into two sections, an outer celestial realm and an inner terrestrial one. The dividing line between the two was the orbit of the moon. While the earth was a place of transition and flux, the heavens were unchanging.
Detailed explanation-2: -For example, they were the first to realize that the Earth was round, and they developed a system of geometry that is still used today. They also made important advances in medicine, such as Hippocrates’ development of the Hippocratic Oath and the idea that diseases had natural causes.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was the Greeks who introduced mathematics into astronomy greatly expanding the range of questions that could be asked and answered about the solar system. In the 3rd Century BC, the Greek astronomer Aristarchus advanced the theory that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the solar system.