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- Ethan H on 29 Sep 15
  
  The thing that I thought was the biggest discovery / finding was that they created a democracy. They decided to revolt against a king.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The thing that I thought was the biggest discovery / finding was that they created a democracy. They decided to revolt against a king. </div>
  
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Ancient Greece was one of the first major civilizations of Europe. Ancient Greek culture officially lasted from the 8th century BC to the 7th century AD, but their height was in the 6th and 5th centuries BC, a period that was so influential on Western culture that we call it the Classical era.
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The Greeks cities were some of the first major civilizations to question the rule of a king, and in the 6th Century BC, the people of Athens developed a new government system called democracy
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But Greece has done so much more for humanity than just great marinated vegetables. Greece set foundations for modern civilization that include art, government, science, and even sports.
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Athens instituted a system where every citizen - then defined as free males - had the right to both vote and speak in the legislative assembly where new laws were made.
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