Ancient Greek Achievements

The achievements of ancient Greece had an immediate impact then and an even greater impact today. The Greeks created the ground layer for many ideas that countries still use today. The Greeks created democracy which is a form of government that many countries use or want to use. The Greeks also created drama. Today we have movies, Broadway shows and comedies. Also many ideas laid out by Greek philosophers are used in religion today. Every achievement that the Greeks made is still used today. All the ideas were expanded upon. And better things were created.

When Christopher Columbus reached the New World in 1776 he declared he was the first person to discover the world was round. Christopher was wrong. During the second century after the Common Era a man named Claudius Ptolemaios invented the astrolabe. The astrolabe was able to measure geographic longitude and the latitude of stars from any given point on Earth. This device was able to prove the world was round and that the Earth spun on an axis. This discovery led to Claudius Ptolemaios death. During the second century many people still believed the gods controlled the Earth. These people did not like to here about science and astronomy. Claudius Ptolemaios was stabbed in the heart and his astrolabe was buried. Later to be found by Dr. Scott Carroll. The significance of this is huge. In today's society we do know that the world is round and that the Earth is rotating on its axis while revolving around the sun. Many scientists are still trying to expand on these ideas by trying to find out why. Astronomers are still trying to find reasons why the Earth is stuck on its axis and why the Earth revolves around the sun. A discovery is never complete; you will always expand on what other people do.