Term Papers on Greek And Roman Influence On Western Civilization

Term Paper Title	Greek And Roman Influence On Western Civilization
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Greek And Roman Influence On Western Civilization

Western civilization is what we call modern society that mainly includes North America and
Western Europe.  But how did this western way of life come to be?  Their are many different
ways but mainly through ancient cultures.  The two main ones are the Greek and Roman.
Greece with their golden age and Rome with its great Empire and Republic and also
together.
     Their are many ways in which western civilization is like the ancient Greek
civilization.  They started the Olympic games.  Greeks come up with the idea of an alphabet
that  it still used today.  They were the first to think of the idea of democracy.  They had
common people participate in their government and to elect a leader.   Their trials had an
actual jury made up of commoners.  Greece was the first to think of paying people for their
labor.  It also had the initial philosophers and thought up of the way we now write literature.
Including the idea of putting on a play.  One of historyâ€檚 greatest writes, Homer, thought up
of poems that are story size that we now call epic poems.  But it was mainly through
government that Greeks influenced the world.
     The other greatest influence on western civilization is the one of Ancient Rome.
They formed a law code much like the ones used now a day in many countries.  First to
believe someone was innocent tell proven guilty.   Had a Senate much like the ones used
today, with both upper class and lower class in it.  And also had other assemblies.  Rome
spread the Latin language which is the bases for almost all languages.  They also thought up
the modern calendar.  Rome helped expand Christianity, making it the most wide spread
religion.  Romanâ€檚 also invented the n...

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