During this time nearly everything had changed for the Greeks. ... Instead there was a rich blend of other civilizations that fused their culture with that of Greece. ... They had stood up to the Persians, who, just years earlier, had overtaken the Greeks and had controlled the people. ... This is quite the opposite of the past in which the Greeks seemed to like change. In the early stages of politics, Greece had a very primitive form of law and it soon changed. ...