What were the contributions to Western civilization from the ancient Greeks? The Greek civilization contributed greatly to the development of modern Western culture. Three of the most important contribution that are the foundations of our society are Language‚ Philosophy‚ and Government. The people of ancient Greece developed a sophisticated language with an extraordinarily rich vocabulary. It has existed for nearly 3‚500 years‚ the longest of any language derived from early Indo-European.
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Ancient Greek world is one of the oldest civilization and considered the first one to actually capture the events and deeds occurred in their time which we now refer to as history. Herodotus from Ancient Greek was known as the father of history. Greek history dates back to Paleolithic era followed by several transitions which shaped the Greek civilization as we know it. The Greece is situated at the crossroads between Africa‚ Asia‚ and Europe. It can be seen that the location of Greece has played
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Ancient Greece was divided into many different areas‚ called city-states. There were many city-states throughout the entire country‚ and each one had its own government. Athens and Sparta were two of the most powerful city-states in Greece. Sparta was governed by the military‚ while Athens had a democratic government. Over time‚ people’s opinions about what made a good government changed‚ and various types of governments developed as well. This is a sequence of Greek governments that were defined
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The Ancient Greeks were very proud of their art so it’s not surprising that it is one of the most valued things today. Art influenced the everyday activities of the Ancient Greeks so its very common to hear arts referenced throughout Ancient Greek history. The Ancient Greek culture was greatly influenced by the arts‚ like dance‚ theater‚ music and poetry. One of the most influential arts in Ancient Greek history is dance. It was quoted by Lawler that‚ "no people ever appreciated the dance more
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Research paper 2 GREEK ARCHITECTURE ON MODERN BUILDINGS IN CALIFORNIA Greek Architecture has been so appealing to the Western World‚ especially America. When we talk about Greek influence on western world architecture‚ the influence is evident and undeniable. We could easily find buildings that consist of many elements of Greek architecture. Greek architecture represents power‚ authority and strength; but at the same time define beauty. An example would be the Temple of Artemis. The great temple
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examples of issues references - focused list of primary sources translation of ancient writings atlas one secondary source that directly addresses your issues read or at least skim any source in your list more focused = better! 1.1. there are some awfully black clouds in the western sky so 1 [it is likely to rain soon]‚ so C [ i had better take my umbrella 1.1 there are some awfully black clouds in the western skY (ULTIMATE PREMISE) 1 it is likely to rain soon (INTERMEDIATE CONCLUSION)
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The History of Western Civilization has proven to be one of the most imperative demonstrations of leadership‚ power‚ women‚ morality and immorality discussed in the many primary sources read throughout this semester. However‚ in this particular piece‚ we will look into depth and analyze how “Power” played such an important role in the ancient world. To help accurately discuss the textual analysis‚ quotes will be used from the text‚ Sources for the History of Western Civilization‚ edited by Michael
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Developments in Science and Medicine in Ancient Greece Although no great revolution took place‚ Ancient Greece was a place of great thinkers and revolutionary ideas that expanded upon each other. It all began when the original thinkers‚ Thales‚ Anaximander‚ and Anaximenes‚ began to move away from mythological views and move to more rational and explained ones (Nagle 87). They wanted to know the answers to the big questions like – what is the universe made of and how did it come into being. Thales thought
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and clarinet. This seems very interesting and I review photos on this venue. It has a very nice view and it looks very formal. I plan to focus on both pieces I will listen to both of them on YouTube and they are both interesting find it interesting how a piano‚cello‚clarinet and a violin can come together to make a piece. Even though this is not my type of music I will try to enjoy this piece. So I watched Messiaens piece on youtube and judging from the videos this piece has eight movements. The
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Western Civilization: Beginnings to Present Although Western culture has been defined by both Christian and secular values across the course of time‚ the West’s primary goal is to achieve economic supremacy‚ using Christian and secular philosophies‚ as well as colonization and technological innovation as means to achieve this goal. Of the features that define western culture‚ the most unique is democracy. Originating in ancient Athens‚ democracy created a sense of pride in one’s government which
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