Y4: Ancient Greece
Ancient Civilisation Learning Journey
Ancient Greece Learning Journey
Knowledge Organiser
Quiz
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Key People
Archimedes ( 287 - 212 BCE
Archimedes was the famous Greek mathematician who is said to have run down the streets of Syracuse naked yelling “Eureka! Eureka!” because he had just discovered the principle of buoyancy while taking a bath. But he was not just a mathematician, he was also a competent engineer, physicist, philosopher, inventor, and astronomer.
Hippocrates (460 - 377 BCE)
The most famous physician of the ancient Greece, Hippocrates was the first to release medicine from any kind of religious superstition and to establish it as a science based on observation and case recording.
Socrates (469-399 BCE)
He has been credited as one of the most influential founders of Western philosophy. This renowned classical philosopher is famous for his wisdom and knowledge.
Alexander The Great (356 - 323 BCE)
Although king of ancient Macedonia for less than 13 years, Alexander the Great changed the course of history. One of the world's greatest military generals, he created a vast empire that stretched from Macedonia to Egypt and from Greece to part of India.
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