中国是世界上最古老的文明的发源地之一，拥有5,000年的历史。

China, one of the world's most ancient civilizations, has a recorded history of nearly 5, 000 years.

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当中国变得越来越富裕强盛，则越来越注重其内在价值，要么是其现在的优势，要么是其古老的文明。

As it grows richer and stronger, China is more and more affirming the inherent value, if not the actual superiority, of its ancient civilisation.

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因为我们与伊拉克人民分享同样的信仰，相信战争的硝烟消散后，这个古老的文明将重新焕发生机。

We have persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people -a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization.

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You don't need me to tell you that human civilization is very, very old.

人类的文明是非常非常古老的,这不用我来告诉大家了吧。

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This civilization, like these other ancient Mediterranean kingdoms, was rather advanced.

这样的文明,与其它古老的地中海文明类似,是相当先进发达的

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So you have trade with the Mediterranean and most especially the eastern Mediterranean, because that's where the older, more sophisticated, more civilized cultures were and that's where wealth was too, compared to what was out in the west.

由此你知道了他们与地中海,特别是地中海东部地区有贸易往来,因为在那里有比西方更古老,更先进,更教化的文明,同时相比西方而言,那里也是富裕之地

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