Chimp_Logic wrote on Oct 27
th, 2013 at 12:50pm:
Everything we have today is due to the ancient Greeks
They gave us Democracy,
Wrong.
That's another myth much beloved of the neurotically self-nullifying Leftwing tragics.
The black and white pebble voting system was confined to only the very few who owned a certain size of real estate. The 95% hoi polloi had no democratic right to vote.
Chimp_Logic wrote on Oct 27
th, 2013 at 12:50pm:
Science
Most of it, including Algebra ~ was pinched from the Turks, who pinched it from the Arabs.
Chimp_Logic wrote on Oct 27
th, 2013 at 12:50pm:
Philosophy, Art, Theatre,
A lot of this was pinched from the Italians.
Chimp_Logic wrote on Oct 27
th, 2013 at 12:50pm:
medicine, poetry, sporting excellence, engineering, architecture, linguistics, comedy, justice, the legal system, surgery, enlightenment, psychology, etc etc etc
You've been drinking too much Ouzo, but I like your Take-one-Take-all attitude.
No doubt the Americans owe it to this ancient nation of paedophile buggerists their landing on the moon.
Chimp_Logic wrote on Oct 27
th, 2013 at 12:50pm:
everything Greek
So what happened ... ? How did this Atlantis in the Mediterranean become a goats-and-shepherds backwater cesspit for the past 2000 years?
Chimp_Logic wrote on Oct 27
th, 2013 at 12:50pm:
Event he worlds first Computer was built by the ancient Greeks
These were useless for anything other than toys for the amusement of guests in rich houses.
The Ancient Incas invented the wheel as a toy for their children, but never realised its transportation potential if made large and attached to a platform.
Between the Jews, the Germans, the British, and the Americans ~ almost everything you see around you in our comfortable 21st century Western world came from their endeavours.