The Greeks lived between 1500BC and 500BC and had a vast empire, which stretched from the bottom of the Black Sea to the bottom of Egypt and from what we now call Greece to the borders of India and China. Generally I do not agree that basically believed in the supernatural because although many early Greeks in particular were very dependent on supernatural power, I believe that the Greeks built the foundations for many medical theories, which were to stand for thousands of years.

In 800BC Greek civilization began. Towns and cities like Athens and Sparta were developed and people began to settle down and live a much more civilized life. The Greeks became very knowledgeable as they often communicated ideas with other people from other places. Their way of life was more settled than previous civilizations and this led them to having more time to think about such things as medicine. The Greek communities were also known for their trade and because of the geographical positioning of their empire; they naturally became a trading centre, which was visited by many people from across the glob

Great philosophical thinkers had much time on their hands, as, like the Egyptians, the Greeks were rich. They made their wealth from farming and trade in which the slaves did much of the work. This left the wealthy time to be educated and discuss new ideas. Soon they began to question the role of the gods. They thought that the body worked without the aid of supernatural power and that there were more rational explanations for the contraction of diseases and illnesses.

e. These people often brought with them new ideas that were then developed by the Greeks and some are still used even today.

I think that the role of the Gods in Ancient Greece was incredibly important to the same extent as Catholicism in mediaeval Britain, and Judaism in the biblical Middle East. They were the religion and culture of the Greeks and ancient Greek life revolved around them. Therefore it must have been difficult for traditional Greeks to understand that there was one aspect of their lives which the Gods had no control over and for this reason I believe many Greeks continued to depend on the supernatural long after natural causes and cures were developed. However I also believe that the Greek philosophers and doctors played a tremendously large part in the development of medicine, particularly Hippocrates and Herophilus who made such great discoveries and developments that centuries of medical theories depended on them. I think that in general, its researchers and doctors who made important and extensive changes in the history of medicine represent Greek medicine. I also think it is fair to say that in medicine, Greek civilians were far less dependant on the supernatural than in any other aspect of their lives and therefore I can conclude that the Greeks made an incredible amount of contributions to the development of medicine and that in most cases they no longer believed in the supernatural as a cause and

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