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    Aristotle’s Impact ​Throughout the centuries civilization has been constantly changing in ideas. Some noticeable changes in western civilization have been formation of polis along in new religion from Greek gods to the spread of Christianity. There were many philosophers that impacted western European society‚ one happens to be a man named Aristotle. Aristotle influence impacted future generations and changed views on philosophy‚ art‚ and literature. Aristotle taught his students that developing

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    Almost everything that happened in ancient Greece influenced us‚ but art and architecture is the area the Greeks made the biggest contribution. To begin with‚ the ancient Greeks influenced the way many of the sculptures are today. The sculptures that were men were called Kouroi‚ the women were called Korai. Back in ancient Greece the sculptors began to create and sculpt their statues in more relaxed postures. Occasionally‚ they constructed their sculptures in an action scene. Sculptors oftenly were

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    Prince Henry The Navigator’s Influence to Western Civilization Prince Henry the Navigator influenced western civilization because‚ he encouraged and sponsored many voyages of discovery‚ he influenced the slave trade‚ and he founded a school for future Navigators. Prince Henry the Navigator influenced western civilization by encouraging and sponsoring voyages of discovery. Henry is often times credited with founding the age of discovery. The Age of Discovery was when the Europeans explored and

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    China is one of the world’s four oldest civilizations‚ and the written history of China dates to the Shang Dynasty (c.1600-1046 BC)‚ over 3‚000 years ago. Pre-historic China is divided into the Paleolithic Age‚ the Neolithic Age‚ and the Bronze Age. China has a rocky population history‚ littered with war‚ food shortages‚ and natural disasters. Five of the nine most deadly wars took place in China‚ killing an estimated total of over 123 million people. China is a country in East Asia whose culture

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    The Mesoamerican civilization of the Incas was Inevitably incredible. The Incas had a large impact on the world and modern cultural advances would not be possible without it. Some areas of their lifestyle that was influential were culture‚ achievements‚ and the effects from the Spanish conquest. Not only did they have a large influential impact‚ they were also highly affected by other cultures. This made them the unique civilization that they still are today. The Inca civilization was rich with culture

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    culture that influenced my project is the Greek culture. Ancient Greece was a Greek civilization and it belonged to an era of Greek history that persevered through the archaic period to the term of classical antiquity. After this period began it was followed by the early middle ages and the Byzantine era. Contained in ancient Greece‚ better known as the classical Greece period. This period blossomed during the fifth to fourth centuries BC. Classical Greek culture‚ mainly philosophy‚ had a dynamic

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    Ancient Greek Contributions to Western Civilization The Ancient Greece culture has made many contributions to western civilization. The ancient Greeks affected our fine arts‚ government‚ sports‚ medics‚ and philosophies. The Greek culture has had a very profound impact on the way people live nowadays. One way that ancient Greece affected western civilization is politics. Greece had the first known democracy. The Greek states man Pericles had three goals‚ to Strengthen Democracy‚ Hold strength

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    during the Renaissance impacted western civilization economically through trade‚ politically through civic participation‚ and culturally through art. Culturally‚ city-states in Italy were big traders‚ and they came up with many new banking ideas. Politically‚ they started participating in democratic ways of governing. And culturally‚ Italy’s Renaissance artists made huge impacts on civilization. If not for the great contributions of Italian city-states‚ Western civilization would not be the same. Italy

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    Hellenism occurred in Ancient Greek when a country‚ state or city devoted its time to the Ancient Greek culture‚ thought and style. Ancient Greek culture consisted of a no poleis government or no political concern. Greek thoughts came from great philosophers such as‚ Epicurean of Athens and Stoics. Epicureans believed that philosophy could free people from the fear of death by explaining to them that death is the spreading of atoms. He also believed that the happiest people were those who withdrew

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    The Hundred Years’ War‚ 1336-1453 Western Europe in 1328 CAUSES The Battle for Flanders Flanders had grown to be the industrial center of northern Europe and had become extremely wealthy through its cloth manufacture. It could not produce enough wool to satisfy its market and imported fine fleece from England. England depended upon this trade for its foreign exchange. During the 1200’s‚ the upper-class English had adopted Norman fashions and switched from beer to wine. (Note that beer and

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