How did the ancient greek have an influence on the world?

Answer 1

They gave us the foundation for our government were the first democracy. They were the foundation for the alphabet-our alphabet came from the two first letters of the Greek alphabet-Alpha and Beta.

One of their doctors (who used to be a mathematician) named Hippocrates was the first person to believe that sickness came from natural causes and not the gods. By doing this he started the discovery of medicine and taught people how to recognise symptoms of illness.

They held the first ever Olympic games.

Answer 2

Philosophy : Socrates, Plato and Aristotle are still quoted today

Architecture : Classical architecture that still influences us today

Science : Archimedes lives on with his Archimedean screw and displacement theory amongst much more

Politics : The foundations of democracy and the electoral system

Warfare : The strict regime of the Spartans

Mythology : The stories of Homer are still famous today

Literature : Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides set the basic rules of drama and literature still used today

The Romans absorbed much of what the Greeks had originated, added their own spin and introduced it to the rest of Europe.

Answer 3

There are several ways that Ancient Greece shaped the modern world:

Architecture-columns

Government-Concept of Democracy

Art-Greek statues focused on perfection, not realism, as much art does today

Philosophy-Aristotle, Plato, Socrates all made huge contributions to modern thinking

Medicine-Hippocratic oath still taken by doctors after medical school

Math-Euclidean geometry taught in every high school in the country

Olympics

Answer 4

The new testament of the BIble was primarily written in konie Greek; however, this language is now not used by Greeks today, Greeks use a more modern Greek language today, though a lot of the words have the same meaning the words themselves have changed; much like the English language has changed over the years so has the Greek language. This brings us to the peresent, it was not their culture that influenced other people as much as the Bible witten in their konie language; as the Word of God was spread across the world.

Answer 5

Ancient Greece has had a powerful influence on the world today. Much of what Western Civilization holds as valuable in art, philosophy, science, and politics was originally invented (or, discovered) and prized as "human" by the ancient Greeks, particularly the city-state of Athens.

Answer 6

The greatest contributions of the Greeks consists of: philosophy, medicine from plants, architecture, science and government.

Answer 7

because your mom is so fat that they had to think about breathing since she takes up all of the earths space so they thought about air.

Answer 8

The Greeks had many influences on the world, one of which is the architecture of the U.S.A.'s many court houses.

Answer 9

Acient Greek culture inflences the western culture from seven aspects, that is language, politics, educational system, philosophy, science, arts, and medicine.