1. Greece
Aeneas reflected very few Greek traits. ... Greek heroes were well rounded. Greeks would study music, dancing, rhetoric, philosophy, mathematics, physical training, and military science. Studying rhetoric, philosophy, and mathematics made Greeks more useful citizens. ... Greeks strove for arete`. ...
After the Phoenicians came, Greek settlers moved in and established several towns thus threatening the Phoenicians for power and land. ... The Spanish-Muslim thinkers of the time stood out above all of the worlds enlightened thinkers because of their vast knowledge in medicine, mathematics, and astronomy. ...
(Payne 247) The Ancient Greek style of architecture can be clearly seen in the Roman arches that they constructed with significance placed on key elements. ... (Vadnal 2) The temples were mainly built using Greek designs but the Romans changed the proportions to ones that better fit their needs. ... Gradients are still used today in physics and mathematics. ... Though many of the ideas came from earlier minds such as the Greeks, Babylonians, Persians, and Egyptians, the Romans took the engineering and architecture to greater levels of magnificence. ...