The ancient Greeks as the founders of modern civilization

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:42

Compared to the earliest civilizations, the ancient Greeks appeared on the pages of world history not so long ago. This Mediterranean state was born around the eighth century BC, and the first stage of its existence was the archaic period, which lasted only a few centuries.

However, even in such a short period of time, people living in Southern Europe were able to invent many things, without which even now it would be impossible to imagine our existence. Being actually on the border of the Western and Southern Ancient worlds, Hellas (this is how the Greeks call their country to this day) has become a stronghold of culture and science. It was the myths of the ancient Greeks, their philosophical teachings and religion that served as the basis for world religions, literary and pictorial works that were written later.

Hellas is a country that has always been different from all other states and people's communities. Its main feature can be considered the language that the ancient Greeks used back in those distant times, practically in the form in which it is common today. Both the grammar and all the letters of the alphabet in this scripture are notsimilar neither to oriental manuscripts nor to European ones. However, at the same time, it was the Greek language that formed the basis of many others. There were many reasons for this, and one of them was the Great Greek colonization, which allowed this people to settle as much as possible along the Mediterranean coast, as well as to master the waters of neighboring seas. Monuments of the ancient ancient world of the Hellenes can be found on the southern shores of Europe, and in the Eastern Mediterranean, and in Africa, and even on the shores of the Black Sea.

The life of a people like the ancient Greeks reflects the history of eternal political change. In it, one can trace periods of terrible tyranny and despotism, and times when the inhabitants themselves were in power. In this country, for the first time, it was decided to convene popular assemblies, which were held in the Agora. True, then the ancient Greeks called politics something that allows you to feel secure and at the same time free. Therefore, this aspect of the life of the state was closely connected with both philosophy and mythology. Thanks to its natural we alth, multiplied by its great creative potential, Greece has become a world center of trade. This was also facilitated by the very favorable location of the country, through which lay the path from West to East. Therefore, over the centuries, Hellas has absorbed the traditions of various peoples of the Ancient World, thereby replenishing its own cultural potential.

With the advent of a new era, the ancient Greeks were already one of the most developed ethnic groups on the planet. In Hellasscience and art flourished, and along with this, wars were constantly going on, which made it possible to expand the territory, add new provinces and colonies to it. This period is also famous for outstanding personalities, among which we should mention Alexander the Great, his father Philip II, the brilliant mathematician Archimedes and the philosopher Aristotle. Of course, it is impossible to fit in a few lines the entire history of the Achaean people, since it lies in those artifacts and architectural monuments that have come down to our days from that ancient world.