ANCIENT GREEK CIVILIZATION

Ancient Greeks were forerunners of many aspects of today's civilisation. While the Babylonians thought of stars as something divine, Greeks turned it into science. Thalis studied them and used the knowledge for navigation purposes He measured the hight of pyramids by simply waiting for his shadow to reach his height measurement and then he measured the shadow of the pyramid at the same time, which was obviously equal to the shadow of a pyramid . Another ancient Greek, Phythagoras worked out that earth is not flat but round.

Then they pioneered biology, zoology, politics, philosophy, the arts, theatre, medicine, and explored the empires of thought with Socrates being the originator.

The Athenians created a powerful state with the innovative ruling system of democracy which has been adopted by many of today's great nations. They also invented water pumps, steam engines and a unique technology in building. Many of their monuments survived till today to be admired and marvelled by many visitors. Later Alexander the Great and the Romans copied and spread this civilization around the world.