This region continues to occupy centre stage in world affairs.

这个地区继续在国际舞台上占主导地位。

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The earthquake reduced much of L’Aquila’s medieval centre to rubble and flattened surrounding villages, leaving the region, north-east of Rome, looking like a war zone.

地震将拉奎拉的中世纪中心震成一片碎石，还夷平了周边村落，使罗马东北的拉奎拉地区看起来更像战区。

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Rome, the heir of the oldest centre at the western end of Eurasia, remained the biggest and richest region, and home to the strongest scientific culture of all.

古罗马，继承了欧亚大陆最西方中心文化的国度，也在当时保持了最为辽阔最为富饶的国度，也是科学文化气氛最为浓郁的家乡。

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The region was the centre of the Serbian Empire until the mid-14th century, and Serbs regard Kosovo as the birthplace of their nation.

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Light shone in from the side, between the two, was guided around each tiny lens, creating a small cloaked region in the centre of each one.

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The region remains the centre of resistance to the government.

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