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    Greek Culture at Glance Introduction Greek culture evolves through the thousands years of development, possessing the notions and literature still compatible with contemporary society and literature. Greece is a country that holds a rich history comprising different categories of historical eras such as Greek Bronze Age, Classical period, Roman period, and Ottoman period. The intent of this paper is to select Greece as it’s inspired by its cultural aspects including language, history, geography

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    This way they spread Greek religious beliefs throughout the Near East. This broadened peoples span of knowledge of religions, science and philosophy and shaped the world. When people got tired of it and found rituals unsatisfying, they turned to mystery religions. Civic religions were primarily concerned with rituals and did not embrace such matters as morality and redemption. People did not inspire deep religious feelings or satisfy spiritual yearning. Hellenistic culture in general were not tied

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    was the period of Greek Culture between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to when the Roman Empire absorbed Greece and other parts of the Greek world around 31 BC or 27 BC. Before Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire, there was little influence of Greek culture outside of the Greek world. After his conquest, aspects of the Greek culture was found in Egypt, Asia as well as the Middle East. “The Hellenistic world incorporated a number of different people, Greek thinking, mores,

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    the rise of Alexander “The Great” begins the Hellenistic Age which is used to describe a time which Greek culture spread to places like Egypt and Asia. Due to this Greek culture had changed from what it was during Classical Greece as they were able to achieve much more with this new diverse culture. The Classical Age of Greece is known for its work in philosophy and the arts. The work of Greek philosophers of this time such Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle cannot go unnoticed in these contexts as

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    Macedonian culture is significantly similar to the Greek culture. Certainly, both of those cultures are not identical; they do have differences, yet by looking at the women’s independent role and freedom among the society and the military success of those cultures, it is clear that both of them resemble. For instance, Alexander the Great thought that he was a descendant of a Greek God and always wanted to show how Greek he was. This might be the reason why the Macedonian culture is very similar to

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    is a country with a very rich history, interests and diverse cultures. They are particularly proud of their culture, and speak of their country with an intense passion. Ancient Greece was the basis of much of Western culture today. Tragedy and philosophy are just some of the key values of the culture of Greece that has helped us survive, honor, and create our world what it is today. Tragedy is a major composite of the Greek culture, they thought it was extremely important for everyone to witness

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    Cultures from around the world vary greatly based on the locations. Which draws up the question why culture differs from location to location? The first factor that influences culture and how they are formed and developed is their geological factors. The first example that comes to mind when considering how geography effects how culture forms, is the Greek peninsula. From the start of ancient times, Greece was in a way, isolated from the rest of the mainland and separated into city-states because

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    When you say Greece, you think of breathtaking paradisiacal landscapes, a civilization and a millennial culture that have set footprints on the whole world, wonderful legends with gods and nymphs, warm and hospitable people who have a great respect for the past and who, above all, love life. Greece has millions of inhabitants who know how to take advantage of what nature and history have given them more, representing a model to be followed for many countries in the field of tourism promotion. That's

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    The Greeks created some of the first types of culture aspects and political aspects while the Romans borrowed some of them and developed them into greater ones. Because of this, there are many similarities between them. However, since the Romans came later than the Greeks, there were some differences also. Even though the Greeks and Romans had a similar religion, architecture, and government, they also had some differences as well. During the Greek era, the citizens would worship the gods, who had

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    In the article, it talked about how the different cultures around the world have different sets of values, which may seem wrong to one culture, but completely normal to another. The article gave an example of the Greeks and Callatians, who have very different cultural values of what to do with the dead. The Greeks believed in cremating the dead, while the Callatians ate their dead as a sign of respect. To one culture, the other seemed completely barbaric and disrespectful, and they would never

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