Talk:Ancient History/Greece
Add topicuser:Hagindaz has proposed that the book Ancient Greece be merged with this chapter. While I don't necessarily disagree, I would like to ask what purpose is served by the merger? Is there a need to conserve database space? Or is the goal to reduce the number of available titles on WikiBooks' bookshelves, so that more books become completed, faster? Is it useful that the book Ancient History have a good overview of ancient Greece, while Ancient Greece is a more thorough and detailed history? I've been here three days, and I don't know the answers to these questions yet. Andrew Watt 11:33, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
- There's really no reason to have two books with duplicate content, unless they are not mutually inclusive (such as one on ancient history, of which ancient Greece would be a part, and one on Greek history, of which ancient Greece would be a part). The Ancient Greece book has nothing in it which would merit being independent of this Wikibook, so I agree with the merger proposal. Νεοπτόλεμος 18:18, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Greek Culture Section
[edit source]I've written the summary for the Greek Culture chapter. I've chosen not to use the standard approach of high praise and grand claims. It had one sentiment originally that stated "Ancient Greece is the cradle of Western civilization" - this is the standard view and slightly archaic. In many respects the brighter the light that is shone by a culture the more we may be blinded by it. A good example is Aristotle's defense of slavery (albeit with a twist of human empathy) in Politics. However I know in years to come some other editor may wish to revise this summary so feel free to do so.