Greece having eighty percent (80%) of its land as mountainous, limiting transportation and communication didn't hinder the people to rise in power and to excel in different fields instead they were able to discover things that are essential to us. It includes the greatest advances in mathematics like the geometry theories by Euclid, the calculation of he value of pi (the ratio of circumference of a circle to is diameter) by Archimedes and the relationship between the lengths of the sides of a right triangle known as Pythagorean Theorem by Pythagoras, the invention of different machines and the discovery of the pulse and nervous system. Philosophies like Stoicism were also founded.
These and more greatly helped humanity. It made life easier. Because of these discoveries, we were able to appreciate the beauty and significance of every single thing in this world.It made us realize that we can't just limit our knowledge about something for us to contribute for our community. Generally speaking, the advancements made by the Greeks in different fields like mathematics, philosophies, architecture, literature, and drama plays an important role in the lives of people in the present generation. For instance, as third year students, we are studying geometry, if the Greeks haven't developed things in the field of mathematics especially geometry we will not have any knowledge about angles, triangles, polygons and the like. In literature and dramas, like Homer's epics The Iliad and The Odyssey, which became Greece's most famous literature that were admired by other civilizations. If the works of authors and poets like Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides ans Aristophanes did not exist, we will not be able to experience beauty in writing.
Today's men should value their works of art through taking care and preserving the living legacies of Greece.
All of these are enough to thank the Greeks for their great contributions for the betterment not only of their civilization but also all of the world's civilizations. Studying their civilization is indeed one way of thanking them for what they have done.
Sources: Microsoft Encarta
Turning Points III (World History)
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