Ptolemy

How Did the Renaissance Change Man’s Of View Man? There are times in history that revolutionize the way people think. The Renaissance was one of those times. In a short sentence, the Renaissance was basically the revival of classical art and intellect of Ancient Rome and Greece. This was a “rebirth” of the way people viewed themselves. The Renaissance took place in Europe and spread to Italy. This period of time occurred from 1350 to 1650. What this did was help review what European society…

Having tried to consolidate power for herself by taking it from her brother, husband, and co-ruler Ptolemy XIII, Cleopatra was barred from entering Alexandria during a visit by the powerful Roman general and future ruler, Julius Caesar. To make her way to the meeting, Cleopatra was said to be rolled up into a carpet which was then presented to Caesar.…

not only perfected the heliocentric model of Copernicus in terms of providing it with a sounder mathematical foundation, and rendering it more able to predict the motion of Mars better than any traditional geocentric model like that of described by Ptolemy in the Almagest, but also challenged the ancient belief in the uniform circular motions of the planets. Kepler’s new model is not only one of the greatest achievement in astronomy, but also advanced our understanding into modern physical…

themselves. Eventually this led to a major civil war known as the battle of Ipsos, where Antigonos was killed, and the entire conflict was resolved with Alexander’s remaining friends creating three major dynasties, and his former empire had been history. Ptolemy ruled the Ptolemaic kingdom in Egypt, Seleukos ruled the Seleucid empire in Asia and Atas ruled the Antigonid Empire in Macedon. Following the battles, the people of Greece were finally able to flourish, and Hellenization was able to…

his life, but changed the world’s future. Copernicus attended the University of Cracow, while living with Novara. “By 1508, Copernicus had begun developing his own celestial model, a heliocentric planetary system. During the second century A.D., Ptolemy had invented a geometric planetary model, which…

Since the beginning of Rome, they have had a history of significant leaders such as Julius Caesar, who had a minor early career in politics, and prominent late career that was also in politics, and a death and legacy that will be remembered forever. The history of Rome starts with a story from Roman mythology. Despite being forced to vow chastity, Rhea Silvia gave birth to twin sons, Romulus and Remus, which would impact the world forever. (“Romulus and Remus” 1) As a result of Rhea’s broken…

of science, without the concept of a point, geometry could not exist: all lines would stretch infinitely in both directions, and no proposition could be proven. An interesting note regarding points is that theorem four of “The Almagest,” Ptolemy claims “That the Earth Has the Ratio of a Point to the Heavens” (38). According to Euclid’s definition of a geometric point, this claim is false because the planet earth has substance (however insignificant in relation to the heavens), therefore…

Macedonia's Greatest king, Alexander III, left an everlasting impact in the ancient time, and even still to this day. Alexanders legacy was so powerful he influenced; the nature of war, society and culture, government, language, literature, and even architecture. Even though Alexander died at the ripe age of thirty-two his name will never be forgotten. Alexander the Great was a premiant general who's name shook the ancient world. His empire expanded From Macedonia, down to Egypt, and through…

After the death of Ptolemy, Cleopatra pursued Caesar, who was dictator to Rome, because even though Egypt was rich she needed and wanted the military power of Rome. She used her beauty and mutual interests to entice him into becoming her lover. Cleopatra’s wealth and sophistication…

Three people with three ideas, and a whole bunch of time between them. Beginning with Ptolemy and his claim that the earth was must be the center of the solar system based on basic evidence that the stars in the sky seemed to rotate around the earth. Including the sun that rose in the east and set in the west every day. Theis model of the solar system was widely accepted as fact for over 2,000 years and was later named the geocentric model. Two scientists that came later on changed the world's…