In ancient times, there was a king who loved flowers.

古时候，有一个喜欢花的国王。

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Did democracy have its beginnings in ancient Greece?

民主制度创始于古希腊吗？

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The distillation of rose petals to produce rosewater almost certainly originated in Ancient Persia.

用玫瑰花瓣提炼制造玫瑰水几乎可以肯定是起源于古波斯。

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Other experts say glass making first started four to five thousand years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, present day Iraq and Syria.

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So when you see the word "book" in ancient Greek or Latin, they didn't think of this. They thought of scrolls.

当看到古希腊语或拉丁语的书这个字，他们不会想到这个，他们会想到书卷。

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It might be darkness. It might be spirit. Or in ancient Greek religion, a more sort of philosophical polytheism, it might be fate.

它可以是黑暗，也可以是一种精神，在古希腊的一个，偏向于哲学上多神论的宗教中，它可以是命运。

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The games in Ancient Greece also commissioned the Epinicians, poems to commemorate the athletic events.

BBC: A festival of Olympic wordsmiths

In Ancient Rome, it was not permitted for bodies to be buried within the city walls.

BBC: Exploring the history of catacombs

In ancient times the Library of Alexandria held the collected knowledge of the Western world.

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