Science in the Iron

Age
 The Birth of Iron Age Culture

• The Iron Age was a period in human history that

followed the Bronze and Stone Ages
• The Iron Age started between 1200 B.C. and 600
B.C., depending on the region, for some
societies including ancient greece, the start of
the Iron Age was accompanied by a period of
cultural decline.
• During the Iron Age, people across much of
Europe, Asia and parts of Africa began making
tools and weapons from iron and steel.
The Ancient Greek

• The Greek Iron Age also referred to as the Greek

Dark Age, is a period of time between the
collapse of the Mycenaean civilization around
1100 B.C. and the beginning of the Greek
Archaic Period of 800 B.C.
• With their interest and intelligence they
transformed the acquired knowledge into
something simpler, more rational and more
abstract. Their learning was affected to some
extent our present civilizations.
The Development of Ancient Greek
Science
• Science in Ancient Greece was based on
logical thinking, mathematics, technology and
everyday life
• The Greeks wanted to know more about the
world, the heaven and themselves. They studied
about the sky, sun, moon and the planets.
• The Greeks found that the earth was round.
The Development of Ancient Greek
Science
• The history of the Iron Age Greek Science may
be divided into four major Phases or Eras which
may be called the following:
the Ionian,
the Athenian,
the Hellestic Or Alexandrian and;
the Romans.
The Development of Ancient Greek
Science
• The Ionian ( 6 century B.C. to 480 B.C., and was the birth
of Greek Science. )
The Development of Ancient Greek
Science
• The Athenian ( 480 B.C. to 330 B.C. Between the end of
Persian wars and the suppression of independence of
Greek cities by Alexander the Great )
The Development of of Ancient Greek
Science
• Hellenistic ( began with the Empire of Alexander where
Alexandria became a new home of science )
The Development of Ancient Greek
Science
• The Romans ( started with the coming of the Romans )
Ancient Greeks, views about nature

• The Ancient Greeks divided the universe into two parts:

the celestial or heaven and terrestrial or earth.
• Aristotle developed what is known as Aristotelian Physics.
It was basically a description or explanation of motion.
He classified motion into two: natural and violent. The
natural motion is divided into celestial and terrestrial.
• Goecentric Model of the Universe – this model was
based on two basic assumptions: a. The earth is at rest,
spherical, center of the universe; b. All celestial objects
revolve around the earth in circles at constant speed.