Ancient Greek Culture was the birthplace of Western<span> civilisation about 4000 years ago.</span>Ancient Greece produced many magnificent achievements in areas of government, science, philosophy and the arts that still influence our lives. Greece, and especially Athens, is the cradle of democracy in the western civilization<span>.
</span>The foundations of Western<span> philosophy and science can also be traced back to the</span>Greeks<span>. In the sciences, men, such as Pythagoras and Euclid, made enormous advances in mathematics and astronomy.</span>
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January 25 – Battle of the Zab: Abbasid forces under Abdallah ibn Ali defeat the Umayyads near the Great Zab River. ... Almost the entire Umayyad Dynasty is assassinated; Prince Abd al-Rahman I escapes to Al-Andalus. The Abbasids assume control of the Islamic world and establish their first capital at Kufa.
