The Greek Civilization
The Greek civilization was the first European civilization. At this point in time religion is not prevalent or influential. The European religion was borrowed from the Middle East. There are two main contributions from the Greek civilization. They were politics and secular. Polis the Greek word for city state is where politics came from. They had modern politics with the first democracy. It was divided into city-states that rule themselves in a democratic fashion. With this they have the majority vote. Secular was the non-religious way of looking at things. It was based on assumptions that human beings can use their own mental power to grasp the world they are living in. The first two Greek civilizations were the Minoan civilization and the Mycenaean civilization. The Minoan civilization was the Island of Crete. This civilization was a very peaceful one surrounded by water. It was advanced in the fields of architecture, art, and indoor plumbing. It had no military fortification, with not too many weapons. No one knows why it disappeared. The Mycenaean civilization arouse on the Greek mainland. The inhabitants of this were not natives of Greece. It was not a unified civilization that was composed of independent
Macedonia then enters. They were agricultural people ruled by a king. It was a large city that was half Greek. Alexander the Great, their king, conquered Greece and Persia. He dies young and his empire is dived between his generals. The Hellenistic civilization started that was a Greek-Persian culture. The Classical Greek culture suffers because of Alexander's conquest. This civilization results in the downfall of Greece. Athens was the home of art, culture, science, and democracy. It was the "Home of Philosophy." They were a socially diverse civilization that included sailors, farmers, philosophers, and scientists. Athens evolved a political philosophy to solve conflicting interest between people. Tyrants emerged after the Aristocrats who were strong political leaders that established themselves as single rulers. Solon came about and institutes a system of citizenship. The poor were now able to vote. There were four classes based on wealth and only the top two were allowed direct role in the government. The next thing that happened to Greece was the Dark Ages. This is when the Minoans disappeared and the Mycenaean's entered a period of deep decline. No one could write and all achievements are wiped out. Very little is known of this
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