In fact political philosophy of the Greeks was a reaction to developing civilisations in other parts of the world. There were definitely varied and various factors which were responsible for the development of political philosophy of the ancient Greece which cannot better be described than the words of Professor Bowles when he said that, "For the development of political thought the emergence of Greek city state is of cardinal importance. The heavy routine of Near Eastern Empire, the bureaucracy of Egypt and Mesopotamia, the recklees irresponsibilities of Iron Age, tyrants of old Testament, give place to something new. The free play of speculative intelligence, the brilliant formulation of vocabulary of thought in language expressive of the stable shades of meaning, the purposive coherence of Greek ideals all these things mark the greatest step forward the political speculation has ever made.
