<answer>Hellenistic</answer> culture produced seats of learning throughout the Mediterranean. <answer>Hellenistic</answer> science differed from Greek science in at least two ways: first, it benefited from the cross-fertilization of Greek ideas with those that had developed in the larger <answer>Hellenistic</answer> world; secondly, to some extent, it was supported by royal patrons in the kingdoms founded by Alexander's successors. Especially important to <answer>Hellenistic</answer> science was the city of Alexandria in Egypt, which became a major center of scientific research in the 3rd century BC. <answer>Hellenistic</answer> scholars frequently employed the principles developed in earlier Greek thought: the application of mathematics and deliberate empirical research, in their scientific investigations.
The Royal patrons of Alexander's successors supported what type of science?
Hellenistic