Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were 3 great known philosophers in the Greek civilization.<span />
The four phases of modernization proposed by economist Walt Rostow in 1960 are:
- "Pre-condition": or need for an improvement in the way a particular activity is being done in society.
- The "pre-condition takes off": Efforts targeted to assess this need start, including the production of raw materials and knowledge developments.
- "Take-off": Knowledge previously created during the latter phase is diffused and adopted by the masses.
- "Maturity": The development has reached a peak where it is common knowledge and the impact over society has already occurred.
There are two idiosyncratic topographical features that swayed
the progress of the Greek society. After the development of myriad dispersed
islands with a network of insignificant rivers, having an easy access to water exhibited
that it may lead to the people being dealers and travellers. The mountains in
Greece were also industrialized as a city-state. Those mountains that made it
hard for people to converse and mobile was developed as a structure
independently and diverse to one another. These were made probable by the
people themselves.
Currently? probably overpopulation
What made the Byzantine Empire rich and successful for so long, and why did it finally crumble? Constantinople sat in the middle of a trade route,sea and land. Its wealth came from trade and its strong military. Constantinople remained secure and prosperous while cities in western Roman empire crumbles.
