Provide at least 1,2 concrete, and detailed examples explaining why Athens served as a cultural hub. What monuments, and ideas, and cultural artifacts speak to its enduring legacy, and how the Mediterranean, Near East, and Africa shaped its development.

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A hub for the arts and philosophy during Antiquity, Athens was the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. The city was also the birthplace of Socrates, Pericles, and Sophocles among many other prominent philosophers, writers and politicians.

The Ancient Athenians were peaceful, they enjoyed the systematic study of subjects such as science, philosophy, and history. They also loved art, architecture and literature, and they created thousands of temples, statues, paintings and texts.