Greek Inventions

The ancient Greeks were some of the most advanced people in the ancient world. This was because of their administrative innovations and new technology. These things were also what made the Greek empire possible.
The Greek empire was able to expand because very strong militarily, which was directly related to their excellent new technology, innovative fighting styles, the best cavalry in the ancient world, and the best navy in the ancient world. The Greeks used their innovative fighting style against all enemies with great success. They would fight in a formation called the phalanx, in which the men would form in rows, with the front row creating a wall with their shields, and all of the rows behind would put their shields over the top

of the formation, creating an impregnable line of soldiers. This style of fighting helped them win against overwhelming odds at the Battle of Marathon. In conjunction with this, the greeks had excellent weaponry to go with these formations and styles of fighting. They carried huge shields that would cover the man who carried it from ankle to chin. In addition, they had stabbing spears that were up to nine feet long, so the Greeks could stab their enemies while they could not strike back, with arrows or swords. In addition, the excellent Greek cavalry did everything the phalanx couldn’t, from fast moving charges to flanking maneuvers that required a high level of agility, which the phalanx simply did not have. In fact, the Greek cavalry was so good, that they were much desired as mercenaries, when not fighting for Greece. When you combined the phalanx and the Greek cavalry, the Greeks army was pretty much unbeatable, as shown in the many wars against the Persians. The Greeks were also great sailors. They had a large and excellent navy, the most advanced of their time. The Greek navy consisted of a variety of ships to complete any mission that might be required, from small, agile triaconters to huge triremes, full of soldiers ready to board other ships. Their naval superiority is demonstrated in the fact that the Greek navy completely destroyed a Persian fleet that outnumbered the Greeks between three or four to one, depending on the source. The Greeks had such a strong military, in fact, that the Romans later based much of their military off of the Greeks. The Roman tortuga formation was very similar to the phalanx, and they used weaponry very similar to that of the Greeks, with the exception of abandoning the stabbing spear for the gladius, or short stabbing sword. Other than that, pretty much the only difference was that most of the Roman weapons were made out of iron instead of bronze. The Romans also used tactics and equipment very similar to those of the Greeks for their navy.
In addition, the Greeks had an unprecedented political system, with huge administrative innovations.

Some of their city-states were the first known democracies, and the empire worked sort of like modern day USA. Each Greek city-state was independent and had its own government, but the whole empire would bind together into a strong group during a time of invasion or other trouble. This administrative system was very strong, although occasionally, when times of external threats were over, these city states would join together into leagues, or alliances, and fight with each

other.
The Greeks also had a very advanced culture which was one of the major things that held their empire together, and this was possible because of the advancements the Greeks made in the military and in their government, as they did not have to spend as much time on it and were able to devote their free time to the arts. The Greek culture included many forms of art, such as sculpting, metalworking, and pottery. The Greeks were great artists, who, because of their creativity, had much skill in these forms of art. In addition to those forms of art, the Greeks also manifested their artistic creativity and ability to use tools in their architecture, having the best architecture of the ancient world. Some of this is displayed in their buildings such as the Pantheon, the Erechtheum, the Hephaisteion, and the many amazing temples in the Valley of Temples. Greek architects also designed the three major pillar types, the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian pillars, which are still used today.
Finally, the Greeks were also able to devote their time to the founding modern sciences because of all of their time saving innovations.

Greeks created algebra, geometry, and philosophy. The Greek astronomers also learned a lot about the planets and the stars, and, although they were ultimately wrong about the sun going around the earth, they made many important discoveries in the field of astronomy, and passed all this important information on to later astronomers like Kepler and Galileo. If the Greeks had not made all of their innovations, and had their advanced technology, these important subjects may very well not have ever been created, and would not be taught to children in school all over the world

today.
In conclusion, the Greek empire made many innovations both culturally and technologically, shown in their advanced style of government and their advanced tools and weaponry. These advancements then allowed them to make innovations in other fields. In fact, the Greek empire was so advanced that many of their ideas and technologies were used centuries and and millenniums later, intentionally or not, by some countries and empires, who, using these innovations became world leaders and models for many others to follow. All of these facts show that the Greek empire still influences our world today, all because of a few ideas that they pursued.