Answer the following question with at least three complete sentences. Be sure to use specific examples from the lessons in your answer.

Why were the ancient Greeks known as great thinkers?

The ancient Greeks were known as great thinkers for their scientific and technological advances, philosophy, achievements in the arts/literature, cartography, and politics.

In science and medicine they had contributions such as the wheelbarrow, Hippocrates "the Father of Medicine's" description of medical diseases and conditions, and Aristotle's studies of the Solar System. The great philosophical thinkers Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle are still studied in the modern-day to make sense of the world in a non-religious way influencing many Western cultures.