Why did western historiography come into being in ancient Greece?

The geographical environment of Greece has had a great influence on the development of Greek civilization. The small plain has formed many small and few city-states in Greece, which are located in places with relatively fertile soil or convenient transportation, thus attracting more immigrants and becoming the region.

In this way, many isolated small city-states are vigorous developers.

Greece's plain is barren and its food is not self-sufficient, which determines that it can only survive and develop through commercial trade, and exchange its own wine and olive oil for food and other daily necessities. For Greece, this trade can only be overseas trade, with a long coastline.

Dense islands and numerous good ports provide the most convenient conditions for this kind of industrial and commercial navigation trade. Commercial navigation and trade must be based on equality.

Exchange is the principle, and the development of commercial trade needs a free environment and policies that take into account the overall interests of commercial traders.

It is helpful to the formation of equality concept and the establishment of democratic politics in ancient Greece.

Sunlight, the sea and the island are gifts from God to the Greeks. In a small country, the city-state with a small population was overwhelmed by the increase in population.

At that time, the Greeks used the winding coast and excellent natural ports to establish colonies overseas. Frequent maritime trade activities have made the Greeks develop a national character of being brave in pioneering and good at seeking. This adventurous career also tempered the Greek spirit of not being afraid of violence. The mobility of their profession makes them well informed and demands more freedom.

Roman civilization is a continuation of Greek civilization. Rome is located in the Apennine Peninsula of the Mediterranean, and its agricultural conditions are better than those of Greece. In the course of historical development, the Romans continued to expand their territory. Through a series of conquest and expansion activities, Rome put the whole of Greece under its rule and established an empire including the whole Mediterranean and Britain. As the successor of Greek civilization and an empire around the sea, Roman civilization basically maintained the characteristics of Greek civilization, with more commodity economy components and parliaments.

The Greek peninsula is the birthplace of western civilization, Greece is the cradle of western civilization, Rome is the successor of Greek civilization and the ruler of the western world, and Greek and Roman civilizations are isomorphic to ancient western civilization.