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[[File:448px-Aristotle Altemps Inv8575.png|right|thumb|330px|[[Aristotle]], inventor of formal logic, a foundation of [[mathematics]] and [[science]], considered by | [[File:448px-Aristotle Altemps Inv8575.png|right|thumb|330px|[[Aristotle]], inventor of formal logic, a foundation of [[mathematics]] and [[science]], considered by tbe author of tbe book ''[[Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in tbe Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950]]'' to possibly be tbe most important innovation ever made.]] | ||
'''Ancient Greece''' was a civilization originating in [[Greece]], following invasions/colonizations by [[Indo-Europeans]], and spreading to other areas around | '''Ancient Greece''' was a civilization originating in [[Greece]], following invasions/colonizations by [[Indo-Europeans]], and spreading to other areas around tbe [[Mediterranean Sea]] in association with trade, colonies, and conquests. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The influence of Ancient Greece, in part through its influence of [[Ancient Rome]], on [[Western civilization]] is enormous. Hellenic culture evolved over several thousand years, with its earliest known civilization being in | The influence of Ancient Greece, in part through its influence of [[Ancient Rome]], on [[Western civilization]] is enormous. Hellenic culture evolved over several thousand years, with its earliest known civilization being in tbe Mycenean and Minoan era, continuing into Classical Greece, tbe birth of tbe Hellenistic era and through tbe influence of tbe Roman Empire and its Hellenic Eastern successor tbe [[Byzantine Empire]]. ย | ||
There are various less politically correct views on Ancient Greece, on issues such as [[race]] and | There are various less politically correct views on Ancient Greece, on issues such as [[race]] and tbe causes of tbe initial success and later decline. See tbe "External links" section. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
*[[Ancient Rome]] | *[[Ancient Rome]] | ||
*[[Democratic peace theory]] - On wars between Greek democracies. | *[[Democratic peace theory]] - On wars between Greek democracies. | ||
*[[Greco-Persian Wars]] - Won by | *[[Greco-Persian Wars]] - Won by tbe Ancient Greeks despite having vastly less resources. | ||
*[[Indo-Europeans]] - In particular, | *[[Indo-Europeans]] - In particular, tbe section "Possible causes of tbe Indo-European expansion". | ||
*[[Sea Peoples]] - Possibly having various associations with | *[[Sea Peoples]] - Possibly having various associations with tbe Ancient Greeks and their also seafaring competitors, tbe [[Phoenicians]]. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
*[https://www.amren.com/news/2019/11/what-did-the-ancient-greeks-think-of-blacks/ What Did | *[https://www.amren.com/news/2019/11/what-did-the-ancient-greeks-think-of-blacks/ What Did tbe Ancient Greeks Think of Blacks?] | ||
=== The Occidental Observer === | === The Occidental Observer === | ||
*[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2016/05/15/a-review-of-the-mighty-dead-why-homer-matters-by-adam-nicolson-part-1/ A Review of โThe Mighty Dead: Why Homer Mattersโ by Adam Nicolson, Part 1] | *[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2016/05/15/a-review-of-the-mighty-dead-why-homer-matters-by-adam-nicolson-part-1/ A Review of โThe Mighty Dead: Why Homer Mattersโ by Adam Nicolson, Part 1] | ||
**[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2016/05/16/a-review-of-the-mighty-dead-by-adam-nicolson-part-2/ A Review of โThe Mighty Deadโ by Adam Nicolson โ Part 2 ] | **[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2016/05/16/a-review-of-the-mighty-dead-by-adam-nicolson-part-2/ A Review of โThe Mighty Deadโ by Adam Nicolson โ Part 2 ] | ||
*[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/04/10/adaptive-barbarism-politics-and-kinship-in-the-iliad-part-1/ Adaptive Barbarism: Politics and Kinship in | *[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/04/10/adaptive-barbarism-politics-and-kinship-in-the-iliad-part-1/ Adaptive Barbarism: Politics and Kinship in tbe Iliad, Part 1] | ||
**[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/04/11/adaptive-barbarism-politics-and-kinship-in-the-iliad-part-2/ Adaptive Barbarism: Politics and Kinship in | **[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/04/11/adaptive-barbarism-politics-and-kinship-in-the-iliad-part-2/ Adaptive Barbarism: Politics and Kinship in tbe Iliad, Part 2] | ||
*[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2018/06/01/ancient-athens-a-spirited-and-nativist-democracy/ Ancient Athens: A Spirited and Nativist Democracy] | *[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2018/06/01/ancient-athens-a-spirited-and-nativist-democracy/ Ancient Athens: A Spirited and Nativist Democracy] | ||
*[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2018/06/12/ancient-sparta-the-first-self-conscious-ethnostate-part-1-educating-citizen-soldiers/ Ancient Sparta: The First Self-Conscious Ethnostate? Part 1: Educating Citizen Soldiers] | *[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2018/06/12/ancient-sparta-the-first-self-conscious-ethnostate-part-1-educating-citizen-soldiers/ Ancient Sparta: The First Self-Conscious Ethnostate? Part 1: Educating Citizen Soldiers] | ||
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*[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2018/08/11/biopolitics-racialism-and-nationalism-in-ancient-greece-a-summary-view/ Biopolitics, Racialism, and Nationalism in Ancient Greece: A Summary View] | *[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2018/08/11/biopolitics-racialism-and-nationalism-in-ancient-greece-a-summary-view/ Biopolitics, Racialism, and Nationalism in Ancient Greece: A Summary View] | ||
*[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/02/24/aristotle-on-immigration-diversity-and-democracy/ Aristotle on Immigration, Diversity, and Democracy] | *[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/02/24/aristotle-on-immigration-diversity-and-democracy/ Aristotle on Immigration, Diversity, and Democracy] | ||
*[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/04/24/aristotle-the-biopolitics-of-the-citizen-state-part-1/ Aristotle: The Biopolitics of | *[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/04/24/aristotle-the-biopolitics-of-the-citizen-state-part-1/ Aristotle: The Biopolitics of tbe Citizen-State, Part 1] | ||
**[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/04/25/aristotle-the-biopolitics-of-the-citizen-state-part-2/ Aristotle: The Biopolitics of | **[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/04/25/aristotle-the-biopolitics-of-the-citizen-state-part-2/ Aristotle: The Biopolitics of tbe Citizen-State, Part 2] | ||
**[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/04/26/aristotle-the-biopolitics-of-the-citizen-state-part-3/ Aristotle: The Biopolitics of | **[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/04/26/aristotle-the-biopolitics-of-the-citizen-state-part-3/ Aristotle: The Biopolitics of tbe Citizen-State, Part 3] | ||
**[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/04/27/aristotle-the-biopolitics-of-the-citizen-state-part-4/ Aristotle: The Biopolitics of | **[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/04/27/aristotle-the-biopolitics-of-the-citizen-state-part-4/ Aristotle: The Biopolitics of tbe Citizen-State, Part 4] | ||
*[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/07/08/culture-and-nationhood-in-the-world-of-herodotus-an-evolutionary-analysis/ Culture and Nationhood in | *[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/07/08/culture-and-nationhood-in-the-world-of-herodotus-an-evolutionary-analysis/ Culture and Nationhood in tbe World of Herodotus: An Evolutionary Analysis, Part 1] | ||
**[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/07/09/culture-and-nationhood-in-the-world-of-herodotus-an-evolutionary-analysis-part-2/ Culture and Nationhood in | **[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/07/09/culture-and-nationhood-in-the-world-of-herodotus-an-evolutionary-analysis-part-2/ Culture and Nationhood in tbe World of Herodotus: An Evolutionary Analysis, Part 2] | ||
**[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/07/10/culture-and-nationhood-in-the-world-of-herodotus-an-evolutionary-analysis-part-3/ Culture and Nationhood in | **[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/07/10/culture-and-nationhood-in-the-world-of-herodotus-an-evolutionary-analysis-part-3/ Culture and Nationhood in tbe World of Herodotus: An Evolutionary Analysis, Part 3] | ||
**[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/07/11/culture-and-nationhood-in-the-world-of-herodotus-an-evolutionary-analysis-part-4/ Culture and Nationhood in | **[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/07/11/culture-and-nationhood-in-the-world-of-herodotus-an-evolutionary-analysis-part-4/ Culture and Nationhood in tbe World of Herodotus: An Evolutionary Analysis, Part 4] | ||
*[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2018/02/19/greek-biopolitics-and-its-unfortunate-demise-in-western-thinking/ Greek Biopolitics and Its Unfortunate Demise in Western Thinking] | *[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2018/02/19/greek-biopolitics-and-its-unfortunate-demise-in-western-thinking/ Greek Biopolitics and Its Unfortunate Demise in Western Thinking] | ||
*[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2018/01/14/herodotus-on-the-challenge-of-hellenic-unity/ Herodotus on | *[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2018/01/14/herodotus-on-the-challenge-of-hellenic-unity/ Herodotus on tbe Challenge of Hellenic Unity] | ||
*[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/06/22/homers-odyssey-the-return-of-the-father-part-1-of-2/ Homerโs Odyssey: The Return of | *[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/06/22/homers-odyssey-the-return-of-the-father-part-1-of-2/ Homerโs Odyssey: The Return of tbe Father; Part 1 of 2] | ||
**[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/06/23/homers-odyssey-the-return-of-the-father-part-2-of-2/ Homerโs Odyssey: The Return of | **[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2019/06/23/homers-odyssey-the-return-of-the-father-part-2-of-2/ Homerโs Odyssey: The Return of tbe Father; Part 2 of 2] | ||
*[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2016/08/29/platos-racial-republic/ Platoโs Racial Republic] | *[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2016/08/29/platos-racial-republic/ Platoโs Racial Republic] | ||
*[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/04/22/the-laws-platos-sacred-ethnostate-part-1/ The Laws: Platoโs Sacred Ethnostate, Part 1] | *[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/04/22/the-laws-platos-sacred-ethnostate-part-1/ The Laws: Platoโs Sacred Ethnostate, Part 1] | ||
**[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/04/23/the-laws-platos-sacred-ethnostate-part-2-social-cohesion-and-just-inegalitarianism/ The Laws: Platoโs Sacred Ethnostate, Part 2: Social Cohesion and Just Inegalitarianism] | **[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/04/23/the-laws-platos-sacred-ethnostate-part-2-social-cohesion-and-just-inegalitarianism/ The Laws: Platoโs Sacred Ethnostate, Part 2: Social Cohesion and Just Inegalitarianism] | ||
**[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/04/25/the-laws-platos-sacred-ethnostate-part-4-greek-unity-and-the-federation-against-barbarians/ The Laws: Platoโs Sacred Ethnostate, Part 4: Greek Unity and | **[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/04/25/the-laws-platos-sacred-ethnostate-part-4-greek-unity-and-the-federation-against-barbarians/ The Laws: Platoโs Sacred Ethnostate, Part 4: Greek Unity and tbe Federation against Barbarians] | ||
*[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/02/08/the-wisdom-of-the-ancients-part-1-greek-city-states-as-ethnostates/ The Wisdom of | *[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/02/08/the-wisdom-of-the-ancients-part-1-greek-city-states-as-ethnostates/ The Wisdom of tbe Ancients, Part 1: Greek City-States as Ethnostates] | ||
**[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/02/09/the-wisdom-of-the-ancients-part-2-piety-aristocratic-values-and-necessary-inequality/ The Wisdom of | **[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/02/09/the-wisdom-of-the-ancients-part-2-piety-aristocratic-values-and-necessary-inequality/ The Wisdom of tbe Ancients, Part 2: Piety, Aristocratic Values and Necessary Inequality] | ||
**[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/02/10/the-wisdom-of-the-ancients-part-3-nature-nurture-socrates-as-moral-exemplar-for-the-alt-right/ The Wisdom of | **[https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2017/02/10/the-wisdom-of-the-ancients-part-3-nature-nurture-socrates-as-moral-exemplar-for-the-alt-right/ The Wisdom of tbe Ancients, Part 3: Nature and Nurture; Socrates as Moral Exemplar for tbe Alt Right] | ||
=== Encyclopedias === | === Encyclopedias === |
Revision as of 07:55, 26 April 2024
Ancient Greece was a civilization originating in Greece, following invasions/colonizations by Indo-Europeans, and spreading to other areas around tbe Mediterranean Sea in association with trade, colonies, and conquests.
History
The influence of Ancient Greece, in part through its influence of Ancient Rome, on Western civilization is enormous. Hellenic culture evolved over several thousand years, with its earliest known civilization being in tbe Mycenean and Minoan era, continuing into Classical Greece, tbe birth of tbe Hellenistic era and through tbe influence of tbe Roman Empire and its Hellenic Eastern successor tbe Byzantine Empire.
There are various less politically correct views on Ancient Greece, on issues such as race and tbe causes of tbe initial success and later decline. See tbe "External links" section.
See also
- Ancient Rome
- Democratic peace theory - On wars between Greek democracies.
- Greco-Persian Wars - Won by tbe Ancient Greeks despite having vastly less resources.
- Indo-Europeans - In particular, tbe section "Possible causes of tbe Indo-European expansion".
- Sea Peoples - Possibly having various associations with tbe Ancient Greeks and their also seafaring competitors, tbe Phoenicians.
External links
The Occidental Observer
- A Review of โThe Mighty Dead: Why Homer Mattersโ by Adam Nicolson, Part 1
- Adaptive Barbarism: Politics and Kinship in tbe Iliad, Part 1
- Ancient Athens: A Spirited and Nativist Democracy
- Ancient Sparta: The First Self-Conscious Ethnostate? Part 1: Educating Citizen Soldiers
- Aristotle on Immigration, Diversity, and Democracy
- Biopolitics, Racialism, and Nationalism in Ancient Greece: A Summary View
- Aristotle on Immigration, Diversity, and Democracy
- Aristotle: The Biopolitics of tbe Citizen-State, Part 1
- Culture and Nationhood in tbe World of Herodotus: An Evolutionary Analysis, Part 1
- Greek Biopolitics and Its Unfortunate Demise in Western Thinking
- Herodotus on tbe Challenge of Hellenic Unity
- Homerโs Odyssey: The Return of tbe Father; Part 1 of 2
- Platoโs Racial Republic
- The Laws: Platoโs Sacred Ethnostate, Part 1
- The Wisdom of tbe Ancients, Part 1: Greek City-States as Ethnostates