Ancient Greece Contributions To Western Civilizaiton DBQ
Anna Pacheco
12/8/14
Ms. Shuman
Global 1 HW #27
Period #10
The education you’re receiving and the building you’re sitting in may have been contributed to the ancient Greeks. The Greeks were a group of intellectual creative people around 500 to 300 BC who advanced technology, architecture, drama, science, philosophy, mathematics, and government to resemble that of today. Greece’s democratic government was the start to a new sense of leadership since people were introduced to a innovative way of running things where everyone had a voice. Famous Greek philosophers advanced the way of thinking and how people should go about life. The Greeks introduced architecture and new artistic elements as well. The ancient Greeks contributed to and impacted the Western Civilization greatly in order to shape it to what it has become today. Greece is well known for introducing a revolutionary form of government known as democracy. Democracy is when the majority of the people in an area choose what laws are passed, how the city should be run, and other important decisions. The Greeks chose leaders and passed laws very fairly by giving everyone a chance to vote, choosing government officials randomly, and letting all citizens have a say in decisions. In Pericles funeral oration of Document 2, Pericles refers to democracy as a form of government that, “favors the many instead of the few” and states, “A man may serve his country no matter how low his position on the social scale.” He is developing a form of government where everyone, even those in the lowest class, could take part in city decisions. Democracy is practiced today in many places all over the world such as the United States. This ancient form of government has shaped the U.S. and created a fair way of ruling a country that most can feel content with. In addition to transforming the government, the Greeks also transformed the way of thinking. Famous Greek philosophers and mathematicians such as Socrates and Euclid
12/8/14
Ms. Shuman
Global 1 HW #27
Period #10
The education you’re receiving and the building you’re sitting in may have been contributed to the ancient Greeks. The Greeks were a group of intellectual creative people around 500 to 300 BC who advanced technology, architecture, drama, science, philosophy, mathematics, and government to resemble that of today. Greece’s democratic government was the start to a new sense of leadership since people were introduced to a innovative way of running things where everyone had a voice. Famous Greek philosophers advanced the way of thinking and how people should go about life. The Greeks introduced architecture and new artistic elements as well. The ancient Greeks contributed to and impacted the Western Civilization greatly in order to shape it to what it has become today. Greece is well known for introducing a revolutionary form of government known as democracy. Democracy is when the majority of the people in an area choose what laws are passed, how the city should be run, and other important decisions. The Greeks chose leaders and passed laws very fairly by giving everyone a chance to vote, choosing government officials randomly, and letting all citizens have a say in decisions. In Pericles funeral oration of Document 2, Pericles refers to democracy as a form of government that, “favors the many instead of the few” and states, “A man may serve his country no matter how low his position on the social scale.” He is developing a form of government where everyone, even those in the lowest class, could take part in city decisions. Democracy is practiced today in many places all over the world such as the United States. This ancient form of government has shaped the U.S. and created a fair way of ruling a country that most can feel content with. In addition to transforming the government, the Greeks also transformed the way of thinking. Famous Greek philosophers and mathematicians such as Socrates and Euclid