Hypatia Research Paper
Hypatia's Background
Geography Hypatia lived in Greece, one of the greatest civilizations ever. Greeks lived on Rocky Mountainous lands surrounded by lots of water, almost completely surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. The main part of Greece was on the other peninsula, which has more than 140 tiny islands coming off of it. There are few valleys or flat land for farming.
Civilization Achievements
The Greeks were very skilled at building boats. (Makes sense because Greece was surrounded by water.) Since Greece was so rugged with so many mountains they turned to ships as their way of travel. Greeks ships sailed to Egypt and many cities around the Black Sea. In 550 BC the Greeks had become the greatest traders …show more content…
They each had their own government, laws, and had their own way of doing things. They all shared a couple things like their language and belief in gods. For the most part, Greece began having monarchies, then oligarchies, then tyrannies and then democracies. Some city-states skipped some of the different types of government or didn't go in that order.
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Hypatia was born in Alexandria, Egypt but traveled abroad to Athens, Greece and attended a school where she established her fame as a mathematician. In Egypt, they had very fertile land great for farming. The fertile lands were caused by the Nile river flooding. This coated the land with rich silt each year. Ancient Egypt had two regions, a southern region, and a northern region. The southern region was called Upper Egypt because of the water flow of the Nile river. The Nile river was a key part of the ancient civilization of Egypt.
Egypt also has many achievements including the famous pyramids. It took many, many years for them to be built and over two million workers doing it all by hand. They are more than 481 feet high and cover more than 13 acres! These pyramids remind use how amazing Egyptians were at engineering. Ancient Egyptians are also very well known by their writing, amazing art inside their temples, and their
Geography Hypatia lived in Greece, one of the greatest civilizations ever. Greeks lived on Rocky Mountainous lands surrounded by lots of water, almost completely surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. The main part of Greece was on the other peninsula, which has more than 140 tiny islands coming off of it. There are few valleys or flat land for farming.
Civilization Achievements
The Greeks were very skilled at building boats. (Makes sense because Greece was surrounded by water.) Since Greece was so rugged with so many mountains they turned to ships as their way of travel. Greeks ships sailed to Egypt and many cities around the Black Sea. In 550 BC the Greeks had become the greatest traders …show more content…
They each had their own government, laws, and had their own way of doing things. They all shared a couple things like their language and belief in gods. For the most part, Greece began having monarchies, then oligarchies, then tyrannies and then democracies. Some city-states skipped some of the different types of government or didn't go in that order.
More!
Hypatia was born in Alexandria, Egypt but traveled abroad to Athens, Greece and attended a school where she established her fame as a mathematician. In Egypt, they had very fertile land great for farming. The fertile lands were caused by the Nile river flooding. This coated the land with rich silt each year. Ancient Egypt had two regions, a southern region, and a northern region. The southern region was called Upper Egypt because of the water flow of the Nile river. The Nile river was a key part of the ancient civilization of Egypt.
Egypt also has many achievements including the famous pyramids. It took many, many years for them to be built and over two million workers doing it all by hand. They are more than 481 feet high and cover more than 13 acres! These pyramids remind use how amazing Egyptians were at engineering. Ancient Egyptians are also very well known by their writing, amazing art inside their temples, and their