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Greek Architecture Vs American Culture
The amazingly innovative and revolutionary culture of the Greeks is a very broad subject to say the least. The Greeks have more than enough to brag about, but there is one thing that the Greeks did best in my opinion. This is the field of architecture. Architecture is a way of expression that has been used by many cultures and civilizations over thousands of years. The Greek culture is by far the most beautiful and mathematically advanced culture in the field of architecture in the B.C.E. era. For a civilization thriving in the years of B.C.E, they were almost incomprehensibly advanced. The Greeks started inventing mathematical formulas as early as the sixth century B.C. Ever since then they have been influencing architects

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