Which came first Greece or Moses?

Answer 1

Even assuming that Moses was a historical figure that lived during the dates commonly suggested, roughly 1300 B.C.E., it depends on your definition of "Greece". The Minoan Civilization on Crete is usually considered a "Greek-ish" civilization. It shares much in common with what we think of as traditional Greek civilization, but has a number of distinct qualities. The Minoan Civilization was certainly older than Moses, existing from 2600-1450 B.C.E. Moses was contemporaneous with the Mycenaean civilization and specifically the accepted dates of the Trojan War. The Mycenaean Civilization was from 1600-1100 B.C.E.

However, the Ancient Greece that kids are usually taught about in High School, e.g. Classical Greece, with the city-states of Athens, Sparta, Corinth, and Argos, where Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Pericles lived, came long after Moses, from roughly 700-300 B.C.E.