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- proper noun The
Greek speaking world in ancient times, geographically referring not only to modern Greece and southern Balkan peninsula but also to areas ofHellenic culture that were settled during ancient times by Greeks:Cyprus , theAegean coast ofIonia , southern Italian peninsula and Sicily (known asMagna Graecia ) and the scattered Greek settlements on the coasts of what are nowAlbania ,Bulgaria ,Egypt ,Libya , southernFrance , southernSpain ,Catalonia ,Georgia ,Romania , andUkraine . - proper noun The civilization that flourished around the
Mediterranean Sea from the 3rd millennium to the 1st century BCE (including the first two European civilizations,Minoan andMycenaean ), known as the cradle of Western civilization.
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Examples
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He did not, as Western political thinkers since the dawn of democracy in Ancient Greece have done, base his political ideology on trying to prevent despotism in the first place.
Ian Fletcher: America's Fate Under Chinese Hegemony: A Review of Eamonn Fingleton's Jaws of the Dragon Ian Fletcher 2011
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He did not, as Western political thinkers since the dawn of democracy in Ancient Greece have done, base his political ideology on trying to prevent despotism in the first place.
Ian Fletcher: America's Fate Under Chinese Hegemony: A Review of Eamonn Fingleton's Jaws of the Dragon Ian Fletcher 2011
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He did not, as Western political thinkers since the dawn of democracy in Ancient Greece have done, base his political ideology on trying to prevent despotism in the first place.
Ian Fletcher: America's Fate Under Chinese Hegemony: A Review of Eamonn Fingleton's Jaws of the Dragon Ian Fletcher 2011
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Certainly this is as worthy a goal now as it was in Ancient Greece.
The Whimsical Reader Abigail Deutsch 2011
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He did not, as Western political thinkers since the dawn of democracy in Ancient Greece have done, base his political ideology on trying to prevent despotism in the first place.
Ian Fletcher: America's Fate Under Chinese Hegemony: A Review of Eamonn Fingleton's Jaws of the Dragon Ian Fletcher 2011
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He did not, as Western political thinkers since the dawn of democracy in Ancient Greece have done, base his political ideology on trying to prevent despotism in the first place.
Ian Fletcher: America's Fate Under Chinese Hegemony: A Review of Eamonn Fingleton's Jaws of the Dragon Ian Fletcher 2011
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He did not, as Western political thinkers since the dawn of democracy in Ancient Greece have done, base his political ideology on trying to prevent despotism in the first place.
Ian Fletcher: America's Fate Under Chinese Hegemony: A Review of Eamonn Fingleton's Jaws of the Dragon Ian Fletcher 2011
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He did not, as Western political thinkers since the dawn of democracy in Ancient Greece have done, base his political ideology on trying to prevent despotism in the first place.
Ian Fletcher: America's Fate Under Chinese Hegemony: A Review of Eamonn Fingleton's Jaws of the Dragon Ian Fletcher 2011
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The idea goes back to 776 B.C. when the games began in Ancient Greece and were used to bring together all the independent Greek city states until 393 A.D.
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In Ancient Greece, mint leaves were rubbed on the dining table to welcome guests; in India and the Middle East, bundles of fresh mint were used to cleanse the air of homes and temples; and surely a Mint Julep has been an enduring component of Southern hospitality!
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