the greek ideal of individuality and liberty defeated the asian despotism and saved Europe.
We're presently fighting a similar fight over here now. It wasn't looking too good the past couple years but recently pure American ideals are taking the fight to despot Obama and he's been knocked off his throne.
Asian folks built huge monuments to express the power of the king and their Gods.
We do have Mt. Rushmore, but we don't worship it... And Poland now has the giant Jesus...
Propaganda too... In later times such embellished statues served to project to the world an outsized image of their physical dominance
Heck, maybe not just in later times. Maybe in earlier times too... Those big heads in places like Easter Island may have served as an intimidating warning to potential approaching enemies...