[djif]

> I guess you could say the same about Macedonia and maybe some middle eastern areas if we're looking purely at past greatness, but those two seem to be easier to explain. Greece's impact was more wider, longer, and stronger.

Just a correction - Macedonia was (and is) part of Greece: https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/6265/was-alexand...

[dmix]

I didn't know Alexander and the Macedon's were ethnically Greek. That makes more sense now given their accomplishments in that era. Thanks for the link.