Greece is a major part of world history, the city of Greece is surrounded by three seas the Ionian, Mediterranean, Aegean. The first Greek civilization was created by the Mycenaean also known as warrior people. The Mycenaean conquered Troy but their empire collapsed during the Dark Age so they left to Ionia due to the fighting and instability. The Greeks religion is centered around gods and goddesses who supposedly lived on the mountain of Olympus.. Greek architecture was made around temples that were walled rooms that housed both the status of deities and treasuries in with the god and goddesses were safe guarded. Their were three Greek philosophers Socrates, Plato, Aristotle. But these are not the only things to happen with Greece the Persian army led by Darius was defeated by the Athenians at the battle of Marathon where Pheidippides had to run 26 miles to Athens to delivered the news of the Greek victory. Their was the battle of Thermonoply which brought the Athenians, Spartans and Greece together. The Delian League is the Greek defense alliance against the persians. Then their was also the Peloponnesian War which was a 25 year war where sparta was victorious and tried to starve Athens.