The civilization in Greek started with the cultural progression that occurred from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Therefore, the emergency of the civilization occurred about 3000 BC. In the Bronze Age civilization in Aegean was categorized into two fundamental cultural groups that went through several subdivisions and phases. These cultural groups included Minoan or Cretan and Helladic. Minoan was based in the Crete Island that was created 660 kilometers northwest of Egypt. The other culture was found in the mainland of Greece. The difference between the two cultures led to different civilizations in Aegean island from about 3000BC to 1000BC.
The geographical factors that showed difference between Greece and Middle East or Egypt included low-lying mountain ranges and the small size and poor quality of soil. The low-lying mountain ranges in Greece disconnect the mainland into individual cultural groups. These cultural communities were close to isolation from each other because there were no passable rivers that linked the. This resulted to very delicate government body that was eligible to form democratic rule in the country.
On the other hand, the small size and poor quality of soil in the mainland was not suitable to support a huge population in the city-states. This factor influenced a mass wave of colonization. With regard to same climate condition all over Greece, the colonist could find an easy time while navigating different regions of the country without changing their lifestyle. Consequently, the spread of the Hellenistic culture emerged. The colonization brought about a strong notion of humanism and individualism. It is due to some of this factor that the democracy in Greece was born.
Work cited
Dennis Sherman; Joyce E Salisbury, The West in the world. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2011.
