Minoan culture was wealthy and magnificent. Took place in the Bronze Age. King Minos, the powerful King whom the later Greeks believed had once ruled far and wide from Crete, dominating the Aegean Sea. Much about them remains a mystery b/c of the nature of the evidence. Minoan civilization flo...

Prehistoric: The prehistoric period is used to describe the period preceding written history. The people living during this period of time were known as being from the stone age because this is when stone was used for tools. For example, flint was chipped and shaped into tools and weapons. Als...

Alexander The Great was one of the greatest emperors and leaders of the world. In fact, he was the only emperor to be called, "The Great." He had studied under a great Greek Philosopher, Aristotle, who taught Alexander literature, science, medicine, philosophy and to speak and write well. Alexander ...

Greek Comparison. The Greeks were, in my opinion, the pioneers of a functional government. I admire how they ran thier government, especially in Athens. "In earliest times, Athens was governed by a monarchy. A monarchy is a Greek work meaning 'ruled by one.' Soldiers handpicked thei...

For the Greeks, humanity was what mattered, and humans were, in the words of the philosopher Protagoras, "the measure of all things." The humanistic world view led the Greeks to create the concept of democracy (rule by the demos, the people) and to make seminal contributions in the fields of art, ...