- 09 Jan 2016 18:44
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Egyptian Civilization run its life-course back then, also up until the modern-day the rise and fall of civilizations depended on more things than simply advanced warfare or siege weapons, it also depended on the ability of the generals, on natural causes, the eruption of Thera in Greece which caused the collapse of the Mycenean civilization sent volcanic pieces flying into the air from Greece to China, it was like several nuclear bombs and caused floods everywhere even in Russia.
Anyway, the reason why Greek civilization is celebrated as superior in the world in the modern times and by all the elites who have come into contact with it is one.
All civilizations build what they need, they learn what they need to survive, they need tools they build tools, they need siege weapons they research methods to make them stronger, they need letters to keep financial records they invent markings on the wall. The Greeks though were the first in the world to go beyond that, to theorise and to learn things that have no practical application whatsoever, if the Greeks did know about the bloody supernovas, what were they going to do with it? Find another planet to migrate? When the Greeks met the Persians, Greek astronomy had developed so much to the point of the mundane, to the point that noone understands it, to the point that farmers don't need that point to the point of mathematics. Abstract thought the basis of ontology and philosophy is a particularly Greek invention without which these astronomical observations are not possible as such the Persians could not participate in this kind of science because they did not have the necessary tools to do so. Noone else could until the Renaissance and again because of the Greeks and not due to independent creation. This learning made the Romans & the Byzantines the master builders of history and the longest standing state in history but even that was not enough to ensure global domination for ever. It also had to do with the fact that everyone has attacked them, literally, most of the times alltogether as well.
Anyway, the reason why Greek civilization is celebrated as superior in the world in the modern times and by all the elites who have come into contact with it is one.
All civilizations build what they need, they learn what they need to survive, they need tools they build tools, they need siege weapons they research methods to make them stronger, they need letters to keep financial records they invent markings on the wall. The Greeks though were the first in the world to go beyond that, to theorise and to learn things that have no practical application whatsoever, if the Greeks did know about the bloody supernovas, what were they going to do with it? Find another planet to migrate? When the Greeks met the Persians, Greek astronomy had developed so much to the point of the mundane, to the point that noone understands it, to the point that farmers don't need that point to the point of mathematics. Abstract thought the basis of ontology and philosophy is a particularly Greek invention without which these astronomical observations are not possible as such the Persians could not participate in this kind of science because they did not have the necessary tools to do so. Noone else could until the Renaissance and again because of the Greeks and not due to independent creation. This learning made the Romans & the Byzantines the master builders of history and the longest standing state in history but even that was not enough to ensure global domination for ever. It also had to do with the fact that everyone has attacked them, literally, most of the times alltogether as well.
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