Ancient Greece

            The ancient Greek peoples started off as Barbarians, meaning they had distinct way of living, based on farming and warfare, which was very common among the Europeans. The nomadic nation began traveling into the south-western region of Europe to be in better contact with other countries such as the Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. The ancient Greek civilization began with new concepts and features that were replicated from its neighboring countries. However, overtime the Greeks formed new and original ideas, art forms, and government that still have an influence on our present day world.

            One new, innovative idea they had was the building structures they created. Many farmers and traders constructed circles and rows of massive boulders. These structures were referred to as “megaliths”, meaning large rough-cute stone used to construct monuments and tombs. The most well-known megalith is Stonehenge, which was built in 2000 B.C and still holds up to this very day.

            The villages in ancient Greece consisted mostly of “tribes”, which are social and political units consisting of group communities held together by common interest, traditions, or real or mythical ties of kinship. A tribe would hold a meeting every once in a while to discuss duties and celebrations. Some tribal groups would battle with each other in order to obtain more slaves, metals and other useful items.

            Many Indo- European people migrated around Europe before Greece had its own different way of life. The Indo-Europeans were people who migrated from around 2500 B.C and onward from Eastern Europe’s grasslands, into other European regions, the Asia Minor, and Persia. They settled into these new areas and began creating new ethnic groups. The languages the spoke were earlier forms of Greek and Latin that underwent many changes over the years to come. The first European barbaric people to collide with civilization were the Greeks. Their encounter resulted in the new and inventive way of life-and the first that counts as “western.”