Popular Posts
-
Donald sterling was so racist saying he didn't want any black people at his game. This is similar to when a banana was thrown at a socce...
-
Butter chicken (or murgh makhani) is part of Indian cuisine, popular in countries all over the world. The origins of butter chicken can be...
-
Rhodor Kopang is one of 92,125 beneficiaries 131 year old federal mining law that gives away precious metals, minerals, and title of land....
-
Cricket is a sport played by many people that live in India. Cricket is kind of like baseball but one thing that makes the game a little b...
-
(Had to start with this beauty ...couldn't hyperlink it to the post title!) Three places i would like to visit in the world are, ire...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Do you know what the Ancient Greeks really built?
To say that we owe a lot to the ancient Greeks is nothing new. Everywhere we look, we see echoes of that world in our own: democracy, philosophy, art, architecture, science, sport, to name but a few. But to properly understand the legacy and impact of the ancient Greeks, we need to grasp four crucial ideas. First of all, thanks to the Greeks our culture is so similar to theirs. For example, the Roman emperor Hadrian loved all things Greek, he completed the temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens. The fact is that the Greeks had been able to complete this massive temple in about 650 years. Now, do you know how the ancient Greeks built some of their inventions?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment