Impact Of Colonial Migration On American Culture

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Art and literature has been greatly impacted by the colonial migration of our civilization. Greek styles have spread far and wide, encouraging people from all over to participate in our era’s creative revolutions. The epic poet Homer, from Iona, produced his Iliad and Odyssey during the our time period. Sculptors have create carefully proportioned human figures that served as memorials to the dead. Scientists and mathematicians have made progress as well. Economical, political, technological, and artistic developments our period has made while changing the Greek city-states for the future ahead of us.

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