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    Classical Greece left several important legacies: (1) A system of direct democracy where citizens voted on laws and policies; (2) An influential culture and arts including the Greek language, mythology, philosophy, drama, and idealized sculptures; (3) Advancements in science and technology including early models of the solar system, geometry, calculations of the earth's circumference, and inventions in engineering. Overall, Greece established foundations of government, culture, and science that have profoundly shaped Western civilization.

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    Classical Greece left several important legacies: (1) A system of direct democracy where citizens voted on laws and policies; (2) An influential culture and arts including the Greek language, mythology, philosophy, drama, and idealized sculptures; (3) Advancements in science and technology including early models of the solar system, geometry, calculations of the earth's circumference, and inventions in engineering. Overall, Greece established foundations of government, culture, and science that have profoundly shaped Western civilization.

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    Classical Greece left several important legacies: (1) A system of direct democracy where citizens voted on laws and policies; (2) An influential culture and arts including the Greek language, mythology, philosophy, drama, and idealized sculptures; (3) Advancements in science and technology including early models of the solar system, geometry, calculations of the earth's circumference, and inventions in engineering. Overall, Greece established foundations of government, culture, and science that have profoundly shaped Western civilization.

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    Legacies of Ancient Greece

    Greek legacies are their governmental systems, culture and arts, and
    science and technology. Classical Greece was a time where the growth
    of a community held strong through times of plague, wars, and
    numerous breakthroughs.

    A major legacy left by classical Greece was a government based on


    direct democracy. With a direct democracy, citizens ruled by majority
    vote. The citizenship was expanded to all free males, except
    foreigners. Those not considered citizens were women, slaves, and all
    foreigners. In 621 BCE, Draco, an Athenian lawmaker wrote the first
    legal code. In the legal code Draco dealt with contract and property
    ownership, it also included debt slavery. In classical Greece, citizens
    were also allowed to bring charges of wrong doing with a trial by jury.
    Direct democracy was a new innovation that not only changed the
    world, it also helped classical Greece become a great and powerful
    nation.

    Another legacy left by Greece was their culture and art. With their
    culture they created the Greek language. The Greeks also invented
    their mythology, which included gods and goddesses. Through myths,
    Greeks tried to understand the mysteries of nature and the power of
    human passion. God lived forever and Greeks attributed human
    qualities to them. The Olympic Games were originated in Greece
    around 776 BCE. They were dedicated to the god Zeus, the Greeks
    even suspended the wars between city-states so the athletes of the
    Olympics could compete. Philosophers, lovers of wisdom, were
    determined to seek the truth. There philosophy was based on two
    assumptions: (1) The universe (land, sky, and sea) is put together in
    an orderly way, and subject to absolute and unchanging laws, and (2)
    people can understand these laws through logic and reason. The three
    main philosophers of classical Greece are Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.
    The arts of classical Greece had a different flair than any other
    civilization. The Greeks invented both drama and built the first
    theaters in the west. Statues in Greece depicted their gods and
    goddesses in idealized human form, their faces neither showed
    laughter or anger, only serenity. Athena, goddess of wisdom, is found
    in the Parthenon, dressed in full battle armor, holding a six-foot high
    figure of victory. The Parthenon is a masterpiece of not only
    craftsmanship, but also design. Artisans built the 23,000 square ft.
    building with the traditional style that had been used several hundred
    years before. Classical Greece's art and culture inspired Greeks to
    pursue their life as a privilege.
    A final legacy left by classical Greece is their science and technology.
    In astronomy, Aristarchus of Samos, proposed that the earth and the
    other planets revolved around the sun. Other astronomers did not
    support Aristarchus' theory, Ptolemy, placed earth at the center of the
    solar system. Eratosthenes calculated that the earth's circumference
    was 24,662 miles and was within 1 percent of our modern calculations.
    Euclid, a highly regarded mathematician, wrote the Elements, which
    contained 465 geometry propositions and proofs. Another important
    scientist, Archimedes of Syracuse, accurately estimated the value of
    pi. He also explained the law of the lever and invented the pulley to lift
    heavy objects. The science and technology of this time was
    contemporary and revolutionized classical Greece into a civilized world.

    Greece has left legacies of governmental systems, cultures and arts,


    and science and technology. Classical Greece broke through the harsh
    realities that were bequeathed upon them and created a civilization of
    truth and honesty to their city-states, art and culture for their people,
    and science and technology for their future.

    The Influence of
    Ancient Greece

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