How did Greece come to have such a large influence on the world during antiquity?

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Reading about Hellenistic dynasties in Egypt and Greek rulers in Judea doesn’t make sense to me given the size of Greece and that they afaik were divided into multiple small city states.

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Another faucet to the issue is our euro centric mindset. We are not frequently taught about the early civilisations east of Egypt. These civilisations are frequently forgotten, or ignored. If you lived in Iran, Pakistan or India, you would have a slightly different history lesson.

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