In the 15th century, Johannes Guttenberg's invention of the printing press in Europe had a huge impact on civilization.

15世纪，约翰内斯·古滕贝格在欧洲发明的印刷机对文明产生了巨大的影响。

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The open-minded and shibui civilization of Europe gave him gentlemanlike behavior.

欧洲文明的开放与典雅培养了他的绅士举止。

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That is why the torch of Europe, that is to say of civilization, was first borne by Greece, who passed it on to Italy, who handed it on to France.

因此欧洲的火炬，即文明的火炬，首先由希腊举起，再传到意大利，再传到法国。

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Long after the fall of the ancient Egyptian civilization, doctors and alchemists in Europe continued the custom of showing a sign of the gods' help and protection.

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Anbar Province in particular, the Sunni-based areas of Iraq, including the area around Mosul, more generally have been becoming what they were not before the United States invaded in March of 2003, and that is training grounds, operational coordinating centers, magnets of recruitment for the international jihadist terrorist movement against Western civilization and particularly Europe and the United States.

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But Europe's is the only civilization in the whole of history that voluntarily abolished chattel slavery.

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Three to five nuclear bombs of any size, launched into space on satellites and detonated above the US, Europe and Asia would send Western civilization back to the 19th century.

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