I thought that chapter three was interesting, because while it was about a variety of different Empires and Civilizations in Eurasia, I have always enjoyed reading about the Greek and Roman Empires. I do not know why, but Greek and Roman art, history, mythology, and architecture have always interested me more so than any other ancient civilization. Greece was made of city states and, like the Persians, "The Greeks were an Indo-European people whose early history drew on the legacy of the First Civilizations" (122). This is extremely significant because in a short 400 year period, "the civilization of Sparta, of Plato and Aristotle, of Zeus and Apollo took shape and collided with its giant neighbor to the east" (122). I think that Greece is extremely interesting due to it's rich and interesting history.