Ancient civilization
There are high cultures that have accumulated many interesting discoveries, created masterpieces of literature and art, but at the same time they did not aspire to transfer their achievements to neighboring peoples. Such peaks of civilizations as ancient China.
India or the Persian kingdom. surrounded by a sea of savage, barbaric tribes, lived for themselves. They fought or traded with neighbors, but never shared with them. Their refined culture did not spur on others’ development, which made its own pace slow. The vessel remained clean, but the water in it stopped.
The focus of ancient cultures that originated in the Mediterranean. was fundamentally different. He appeared at the intersection of trade routes, in the crucible of mixing peoples, in a mobile world where the sea and the earth were constantly on the move because of volcanic activity, the coast line and the height of the mountains changed many times.
The word “antique” means only
The circle of Hellenistic states that have arisen as a result of the campaigns of Alexander the Great is incredibly wide. And here there was an imposition of the advanced achievements of Greek science, town planning, military affairs on local traditions, which gave the second flourishing to the old Eastern civilizations.
It was different with Rome. He was never conquered by the Greeks or the soldiers of Tsar Alexander. On the contrary, it is precisely the ancient Rome who eventually swallowed Hellas and. degenerated from the inside. “Greece captured captive took the winner.” There was no overlapping of cultures, but a complete restructuring of the Latin civilization.
The main thing is that Roman imitators
When the western part of the Roman Empire fell under the blow of the barbarians, its eastern part with the capital Constantinople continued to transfer the accumulated achievements to the vast barbarian region from the Balkans to the Caucasus. This eastern part – Byzantium was inhabited mostly by the Greeks, who adopted Latin national values and became Christians.
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