The Egyptians did not stay completely to themselves. They interacted with the first Greek civilization called the Minoans. Which is where we come with the Greeks. The civilization of the Greeks was first started by the Minoans. They had fine lives and were very rich. They lived on the island of Crete. As time went by the Minoans became over crowded. so they sailed to what is now Greece. There they met the Mycenaeans. the were poor and lived in mud houses. So the Minoans taught them everything they knew. In return the Mycenaeans wiped out the Minoans. The rest is history.