Greek Religion's Role In Greek And Chinese History

Religion played a large role in both Greek and Chinese history. The Greeks based their religion primarily around Mythology and philosophy while the Chinese had three main religions: Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. The Greeks had many different gods that are well known even today such as Zeus, Poseidon, Athena and Aphrodite. Greek philosophy also played a major role in Greek religious history a few well known Greek philosophers would be Thales, Pythagoras and Anaxagoras. Although Greek gods are no longer widely worshiped they are broadly studied even today and the same with Greek philosophy. Surprisingly Buddhism was not the largest religion in ancient china, Taoism was. Taoism is based on the writings of a philosopher by the name of Laozi, both Greek and Chinese religions were based primarily on philosophy which is a huge similarity considering how important
religion was to people all those years ago. Buddhism unlike any Greek religion attempts to achieve the ultimate goal of enlightenment through meditation. The final widespread Chinese religion is Confucianism, although it has been extensively debated to rather it is a Philosophy or a religion due to the fact that most people view it as a way of life.
Tradition plays a large role in nearly every ancient culture, the Greek and Chinese were no exceptions.
One major Greek tradition would me worshiping many gods through mythology and a major Chinese tradition would be having one child only. Although the Greek and Chinese have many different traditions they have one major tradition in common, superstitions. Greek mythology was passed down through many generations along with the countless gods that went along with it. The Chinese unlike the Greek usually had only one child but if they had more than one child they would typically put it up for adoption if it was a girl. The Chinese only kept sons because sons would be able to support the parents as they aged while the daughter on the other hand had a harder time finding work. One major tradition that the Greeks and Chinese share would be superstition. One Greek superstition would be that nearly every Greek family has at least one cactus somewhere in their house to ward off the ‘evil eye’. A major Chinese tradition would be that if one person hits someone with a broom the hitter will get severe bad
luck.

The biggest thing that the Greek and Chinese have is common is their contribution to modern society through their many inventions. The Greeks invented three major things that are still used all over the world today. Their most famous invention would be the alarm clock, the Greeks alarm clock consisted of a habitually dripping water system and a lever that when pulled would make some sort of whistling noise. Another influential invention from the Greeks would be the thermometer