[GSlob]

"The Greeks had individualism and democracy..."
I would settle for individualism alone - in times of Alexander there was not much democracy in Greece.

[redgolum]

I would settle for individualism alone - in times of Alexander there was not much democracy in Greece.

Alexander was a Macedonian, not Greek. The Greek cities still had a form of democracy for local issues.

[Siena Dreaming]

in times of Alexander there was not much democracy in Greece

Alexander became more despotic as he went East.

However, he spread Greek culture. And Greece had far more democracy than any other great power of the day.

America got many of its ideas from ancient Greece. If they hadn't won over Persia, we may not be living with the freedom we have today.