Western civilization is one of the worldâÂÂs twenty-six civilizations. It started in Crete, the largest Greek island in the eastern Mediterranean sea, about 3,000 years ago. The civilization that rose in Crete was called the Minoan civilization because Crete at that time was under the rule of the legendary King Minos. Ancient Greek civilization originated more than 2,000 years ago on the shores of the Ionian and Aegean Seas. Ancient Greece made innovations in philosophy, politics, science, architecture, and the arts, and Greek culture forms the basis of Western civilization to this day. Then The Roman Empire which was the largest empire in antiquity. Using their practical skills, the Romans made achievements in language, law, engineering, and government that were bequeathed to the future.
Western practices of impartial justice and trial by jury owe much to Roman law. As great builders, the
Romans left monuments to their skills throughout Europe, some of which, such as aqueducts and roads,
are still in use today.
Aspects of Roman administrative practices survived in the Western world for
centuries. The Romans also preserved the intellectual heritage of the ancient world.
The Dark Ages(1000Ad-1450AD) is a historical periodization used originally for the Middle Ages, which emphasizes the cultural and economic deterioration that supposedly occurred in Western Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire.[1]�� HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages_(historiography)" \l "cite_note-Merriam-Webster-2" [2] The label employs traditional light-versus-darkness imagery to contrast the "darkness" of the period with earlier and later periods of "light".[3] The period is characterized by a relative scarcity of historical and other written records at least for some areas of Europe, rendering it obscure to historians. The art and learning were centered on the church and religion
At the start of the 14th century, people became less interested in thinking about God, heaven and the saints,