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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2667747, member: 76194"]I learned just how influential Ancient Greek civilization really was. It's one thing to read in a history book about the ancient Greek City States or Alexander the Great's short lived Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's quite a different thing to hold an ancient Greek coin minted in what is today modern day Iraq. It makes the accounts in the history books about the Ancient Greeks' greatness really sink in.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]593269[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And it's even more amazing to hold an ancient Indian coin from 200-300 years after Alexander the Great with Ancient Greek writing on them alongside the native dialect, and Ancient Greek ruler titles being used by Eastern rulers 2,000 miles away from Greece.</p><p><br /></p><p>That makes you realize just how much of an impact Ancient Greek civilization had on the ancient world.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]593270[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]593273[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2667747, member: 76194"]I learned just how influential Ancient Greek civilization really was. It's one thing to read in a history book about the ancient Greek City States or Alexander the Great's short lived Empire. It's quite a different thing to hold an ancient Greek coin minted in what is today modern day Iraq. It makes the accounts in the history books about the Ancient Greeks' greatness really sink in. [ATTACH=full]593269[/ATTACH] And it's even more amazing to hold an ancient Indian coin from 200-300 years after Alexander the Great with Ancient Greek writing on them alongside the native dialect, and Ancient Greek ruler titles being used by Eastern rulers 2,000 miles away from Greece. That makes you realize just how much of an impact Ancient Greek civilization had on the ancient world. [ATTACH=full]593270[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]593273[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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