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Jiang's grouping of Jews, Greeks, and Persians as the period's three most creative peoples shaping the West.
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Pillars of Western civilization
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...Odyssey and By doing so he constructed the basis of Greek civilization Which then became basis of Western civilization which Virgil he will take..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...Odyssey and By doing so he constructed the basis of Greek civilization Which then became basis of Western civilization which Virgil he will take..."
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"...the Greeks, and the Persians, that have, that are the pillars of Western civilization. Okay? So we will continue this next class."
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"...Odyssey and By doing so he constructed the basis of Greek civilization Which then became basis of Western civilization which Virgil he will take..."
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"...understand is the conflict between the Orthodox Christian world and Western civilization. For Orthodox Christians, they really see Western civilization as a manifestation of..."
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"...important is because the Bronze Age collapse will give us Greek civilization, Homer, and Plato, okay? It will also give us the Bible, right?..."
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