当荷兰探险家在1722年登陆时，他们感受到了石器时代的文化。

When Dutch explorers landed in 1722, they met a Stone Age culture.

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于是，大陆游学的想法就此诞生了，在接下来的300年里，游学旅行将英国人、德国人、斯堪的纳维亚人，还有美国人带到了法国和意大利，让他们接触到了那里的艺术和文化。

Thus was born the idea of the Grand Tour, a practice which introduced Englishmen, Germans, Scandinavians, and also Americans to the art and culture of France and Italy for the next 300 years.

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也许更早的时候，在欧亚大陆内部的大草原上就出现了独特的游牧文化，这种文化主导了该地区几千年的历史。

Perhaps even earlier, there had emerged on the steppes of Inner Eurasia the distinctive types of pastoralism that were to dominate the region's history for several millennia.

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