Quote Originally Posted by Wolfman25
But were did the Greeks get their knowledge? As history shows people with great ideas are usually influenced by the works of another. At one time the Greeks had have been what they considered 'barbaric'. Every nation on the face of the earth at one or another was or is primitive. So again. Who were the greeks influenced by?
The Phoenicians.
Phoenician traders brought them technology, eastern civilization, the "Greek" written language, and even aspects of what would become Greek religion.