The Romans built off of Greek culture, Europe built off of Roman culture, the US built off of European culture. US math is very much based on Greek math (and US education in general). You may remember doing Greek proofs in school. Greek math was by no means superior to any other culture's, it just so happens that US culture descends from Greek culture.
"I try to do a thing on my computer and I get an error message."
"What does the message say?"
"I don't know."
The story of me helping people with computers.