Greek Culture

Architecture, philosophy, literature, and even the very word “music” we owe to the Greeks. Greek poets, architects, mathematicians, and philosophers, founded a culture that we still identify with today. These are the people that introduced the world to democracy, the beginning of recorded history, politics, and even our very own vocabulary. To some extent, we even owe the start of theatre and comedy to the Greeks. The Greeks taught us a lot of things, good or bad, these things are still being used centuries after the fall of Greece.
They Greek people lived in city states, which basically were the cities themselves and their surrounding areas. Most of these city states consisted of slavery, which in my opinion was probably the worst thing we inherited from the Greeks. Women did not play roles in these societies like they do in today’s world. Only men were given the right of citizenship. The city states, despite being under the umbrella of Greece, considered themselves as almost independents. They had their own governments and some of the people living in the cities claimed themselves as citizens of that city (not as a citizen of Greece).
It wasn’t until the start of the Persian wars where the Persians attacked these city
Athens in the fourth century BCE. Although Athens was great the Greeks were much more than just Athens itself. Like any other people they had their conflicts. A particular conflict with the Spartans went on for almost thirty years. They disagreed on many things including slavery, but more importantly it was about power and resources. During this time period in Greek history the Athenians would travel around to Spartan colonies and try and persuade them into joining their beliefs. This is where the saying, “the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must” originated from. Despite their efforts the Spartans came out victorious in this