Most of the influence,I suspect, was going one way in those days- from the more advanced civilization of the east to the Greeks.

而且我怀疑,绝大多数影响,在那些日子中是单边流向的,从东方更高级的文明流向希腊

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It is inconceivable the Greeks could have developed a civilization that they did without contact with these eastern civilizations and learned a great deal from them.

难以想象,希腊人可以在脱离与东方的联系,并未向东方学习的情况下,建立一个与其同样伟大的文明

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