How to understand that western civilization originated in the Mediterranean?

Western civilization originated from ancient Greek civilization in the Mediterranean region. The narrow Mediterranean coastal plain is not conducive to agricultural development. However, the Mediterranean can be widely connected in ancient countries, so commercial and colonial activities are developed, forming an open marine commercial civilization.

BC 1 century, after the Roman Empire captured Greece, it absorbed the science, philosophy, democracy, architecture, literature and art of ancient Greece, and made further development on this basis.

In the next 500 years, although the Roman Empire rejected the avant-garde democratic thought of ancient Athens, it spread Greek and Latin to the whole of Europe by Roman law. Roman culture combines Germanic, Slavic and Celtic cultures, but with the decline of Rome, many arts, literature and sciences in Greece and Rome have disappeared or been replaced.

With the improvement of the status of Roman Christianity, the Bible has become the core of western literature and art, affecting almost all fields of western culture, including art, law, philosophy, education and politics. Roman Christianity established many theological seminaries, and now many universities and colleges originated here. Generally speaking, these colleges promoted the spread of early western culture. Arab culture has preserved some knowledge of ancient Greece and Rome. With the Crusades, the Arabian culture owned by the Moors in Spain and the Levant had an impact on Western Europe. Finally, in the14th century, the Greek cultural heritage was rediscovered by Western Europe, and the Renaissance was born.

/kloc-after the 0/6th century, the western culture of the Renaissance was spread to the New World by explorers, colonists, businessmen and missionaries. The subsequent Enlightenment reached its peak during the American Revolution and the French Revolution. The concepts of civil rights, equality before the law, judicial justice and democracy were put into practice for the first time. Nowadays, these norms have become the cornerstone of modern western culture.

/kloc-In the 20th century, the United States began to develop its own western culture. After 1950, it occupied a dominant position, and together with American fashion, entertainment, science and technology, and politics, it was full of other western worlds. When we talk about western civilization, most of them refer to European civilization and European civilization that was later absorbed and evolved by the United States.

There are two countries on the Mediterranean coast that have exerted great influence on western civilization. One is Hebrew (now Israel). One is Greece.

The Bible is divided into the New Testament and the Old Testament. The Old Testament was compiled by the Hebrews. This is Judaism. Jesus Christ preached in ancient Hebrew, from which Christianity spread to Europe. This is recorded in the New Testament. The Bible has influenced and always influenced Europe, and western civilization is largely Christian culture.

The splendid culture of ancient Greece produced philosophical masters Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, which had a far-reaching influence on Europeans. So that the Renaissance in Europe is still under the banner of reviving ancient Greek culture. There are also bright literary pearls such as Homer's epic and Greek tragedy. European literature originated from ancient Greek literature. American literature was brought to America by European immigrants, and then American literature was born.

Whether it is Christian civilization, philosophical thought or literary tradition. Western civilization also originated from Mediterranean countries, ancient Hebrew and Greece.

Therefore, western civilization originated in the Mediterranean.