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[QUOTE]Originally posted by zarahan: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by TheAmericanPatriot: [qb] western civilization was created by the Greeks. Let me put it more simply for you....without the greeks western civilization as we know it would not exist. [/qb][/QUOTE]Western civilization was not created by Greeks. Western civ is a mix of many different strands, including heavy influence from the Near East in thought (the Jewish/Hebrew contribution for example in religion), heavy influence from the Near East in terms of basic plants and animals that fed and drove that culture, technology from China and Asia (gunpowder, compass and printing from China, or advanced math concepts from Arabia, India and Persia), and heavy contributions made by so-called barbarian peoples like the Germanics. Greeks are important, but they are only one strand among many. To say they "created" Western civilization is nonsensical. Western civ would not be what it is today without the Greeks, but it also would NOT be what it is today without the Hebrews, Egyptians, Chinese, Arabs, Germanics etc etc.. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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