Greek contributions to the Western Civilization

The Greek civilization has given the western civilizations of today many contributions from the columns of the Parthenon to philosophy. The Greeks have contributed many of the things we use and think about to this day.
One of the things that the Greeks had thought of was democracy. From the Pericles' Funeral Oration they believed the all people should have the right of advancement, political decisions, and the right to serve the public. The Greeks also created details of architecture that is used in many of our governmental buildings, an example would be from the columns that where used on…