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Summarized the basic political thoughts of ancient China and Greece respectively.

Ancient Greece established marine commercial civilization and democratic politics, which influenced the civilizations in Europe and North America.

Ancient China laid the agricultural civilization and autocratic politics in mainland China, and influenced the whole East Asian civilization.

The two civilizations blend with each other, basically covering all the advanced civilizations in the human world since the Middle Ages.

Ancient Greece: Politically, characteristics led to the demand for democracy: ancient Greece was a small country with few people and had the conditions to form democracy.

Economically, marine civilization and prosperous commodity economy are conducive to the formation of equality, mutual benefit and democracy.

Geography: Democratic consciousness caused by industrial and commercial trade and independence: Being in the Aegean Sea, the mountains block the communication between the city-states, which is not conducive to agricultural development. Only through trade can resources be obtained, and it is easy to form a democratic system.