The City Of Ancient Greece - 1223 Words

The city-states of ancient Greece were at constant strife with each other. They utterly detested each other and were solely independent. However, many factors unified the Greeks, loosely, at all times, and they even brought the Greeks together at times. These factors came to be because of their similarities of traditions and beliefs. Language, religion, and athletics were all results of these factors. Language unified because everyone would understand what was being said by anyone, and athletics would gather the people to one place, allowing for discussion and chances of treaties being made. Also, Religion unified because the Greeks all believed and feared common gods and goddesses. Language played its role in a passive way, but it was†¦show more content†¦An example of this would be the Tower of Babel. In this time period of history, the world was not divided into nations. All the people of the world were all in one place and spoke one common language. They tried to build a tower to reach the heavens and make a name for themselves, but God did not approve of this. Therefore, he decided to confuse all the languages of the people, creating many different languages. All of a sudden, the people could not understand each other because they all spoke different languages, resulting in the people scattering all over the world. This shows us how important it is to have a common language, and no matter how unimportant it looks, it is one of the biggest contributing factors to unifying a nation or civilization. Along with a common language, the ancient Greeks had a common alphabet. There were two main forms of the alphabet, but they only had slight differences like the dialect of the Greeks. This was also important in unifying Greece because a common alphabet also meant that communication through letters was possible between city-states, and literature, history, and knowledge could be passed down from generation to generation. All the knowledge and ideas from famous philosophers, such as Plato, Socrates, Pythagoras, and Aristotle, could be passed down in history, and poems, stories, religious information, history, and plays could be passed down. This meant that their