How Did Greece Contribute To Modern Knowledge

Ancient Greece has contributed more to modern knowledge than any other ancient civilization on earth. The people of Greece have developed many fields of knowledge including science, art, literature and most notably, philosophy. Even the english alphabet is derived from the ancient Greek alphabet. The people of ancient Greece were known for their ideas on how the government should be towards society. This lead to the first conceived idea of democracy and was soon implemented as the main form of government. They were also notably known for their polytheistic belief system in mythology. The earliest stories of Greek mythology were part of a spoken tradition, that told how plots and themes unfolded over time in the written literature. Ancient Greece is lastly known for their strong military and their well-acclaimed military leader Alexander the Great. Who underwent a journey of overwhelming odds to defeat the Persian empire in the middle east and asia. All of these great accomplishments will have soon transformed ancient Greece into one of the world's greatest cultivated civilizations on the planet. The ancient civilization of Greece consisted of large masses of land and

Greek mythology was the description about how certain gods and goddesses, became in control of the universe. There are even stories explaining how everything became to what it became to be in the universe. For example, on story told that before the world was created, there was an epic clash between a god and a giant. The god ends up killing the giant, and the parts of the giant’s body would become the earth. His hands would become the mountains and his feet would become the valleys. His toes and fingers would become the trees, his skin would become the dirt, and his hair would become the grass. The leader of all the mythical gods was Zeus, god of thunder, and his wife Hera, was goddess of