NATS 1730 Lecture 15: Topic Greece lecture 15
11 Feb 2017
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Greece is often cited as the place where greece is often cited as the place where the first inklings of modern scientific the first inklings of modern scientific thinking took place. thinking took place. Einstein answer: (cid:862)the astonishing thing is that these the astonishing thing is that these discoveries [the bases of science] were made discoveries [the bases of science] were made at all. What we what we call ancient call ancient greece might better might better be called be called the ancient the ancient aegean civilizations. There have been civilizations in the there have been civilizations in the aegean area almost as long as there have aegean area almost as long as there have been in mesopotamia and egypt. been in mesopotamia and egypt. The earliest known in the area was the the earliest known in the area was the minoan. Existed from about 3000 existed from about 3000 1450 bce.
