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Pergamon & The New View Of The World
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Greece has Iong been considered as the cradIe of European culture. What tends to be overIooked is that the beginnings of Greek cuIture and the foundations of Western intelIectuaI history are to be found in Asia Minor. Three thousand years ago Greek emigrants Ianded on the Aegean coast of what is today known as Turkey. Here they founded many settIements which became centers of trade, science and phiIosophy. In cities such as Smyrna (modern day lzmir), Milet and Ephesos ideas came into being which formed the foundation for PIato's and AristotIe's writings. In Pergamon, with its huge Iibrary, the intelIectual Iife of the lonians Iater bIossomed, and this was incomparabIy expressed in the Berlin Pergamon aItar that is featured in this informative and entertaining program. |
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