Birthplace/origin of Western Culture and Civilization-Greece

The birthplace of western
culture and civilization is credited to Ancient Greece and then Roman Empire,helps in spreading.As western culture is early started from nearby empires(nowdays Turky,Israel) but Ancient Greece had made a major
impact on Western civilisation. Ancient Greece was well known for
Western democratic and
culture.The Greeks started education in Europe and city-state, which played a
fundamental role in their concept
of modernstation of European countries. Greece also generated
many cultural contributions for Europe in
philosophy ,education,civilization, humanism and
rationalism.You are familiar with Greek Philosophers -Aristotle and Plato,make a major impact on thought of European people.