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Western world: Encyclopedia - Western world

The term Western world or "the West" can have multiple meanings depending on its context. Originally defined as Western Europe, most modern uses of the term refer to the societies of Western and Central Europe and their close genealogical, linguistic, and philosophical colonial descendants, typically included are those countries whose ethnic identity and dominant culture are derived from European culture. Western world - Western countries. To define what is typical of Western society and We ...

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Western world - Western thought

Western world: Encyclopedia II - Western world - Western countries To define what is typical of Western society and Western culture, it is necessary to understand its context. At different times and in different contexts, the definition of the West (also called the Occident) varies. It is not always clear which definition is being used. Western world - Historical. The Hellenic division between Greeks and "barbarians" predates the division between East and West. The contrast was between Greek-speaking culture of mainland Greece, the Aegean, the ...

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Western world: Encyclopedia - Western Front World War I

The Western Front line for most of World War I extended relatively statically from the English Channel to the Swiss frontier, most of Belgium, all of Luxembourg, and a few important industrial regions of France remained under German control. In addition to the massive casualties and virtually stagnant front lines, the western front saw the introduction of new military technology, including poison gas and tank warfare. Although few territorial gains were made throughout much of the conflict, this front would prove decisive. The ...

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Western Front World War I - 1914 - German invasion of France and Belgium

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Western Front World War I - 1916 - Artillery duels and attrition

Western Front World War I - 1917 - Commonwealth takes the lead

Western Front World War I - 1918 - Final offensives

Western Front World War I - Consequences

Western Front World War I - Dramatizations

Western Front World War I - Notes

Western world: Encyclopedia - Western culture

Western culture refers to the culture that has developed in the Western world. It comprises the heritage of norms, values, customs and sometimes artifacts that the cultures of the Western world share. A Western culture refers to one of the many cultures in the Western world. The term ‘Western’ may be used as a contrast to Communist countries, to Daoist Asian countries, to Islamic nations, or to developing Third World countries. Various uses of the concept of ‘Western’ Culture have included, rightly or wron ...

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Western world: Encyclopedia - Western Front

Western Front was a term used during the First and Second World Wars to describe the "contested armed frontier" between lands controlled by Germany to the East and the Allies to the West. A "contested armed frontier" during a war is called a "front". For most of both world wars there was also an Eastern Front. Liam 'Western' Shepherd is generally considered to be the inventor of the term following his destruction of the southern most trenches controlled by the Germans. He and his army of 2,000 men destroyed a 13km stretch of trenches pr ...

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Western world: Encyclopedia - Comparing Eastern and Western religious traditions

Religious studies typically divides the world into Western and Eastern religions. Comparing Eastern and Western religious traditions - Western religions. Western religions are based on Abrahamic monotheism and derive from the Middle Eastern milieu, including: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Bahá'í Faith. religions of the world Comparing Eastern and Western religious traditions - Eastern religions. Eastern religions ar ...

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Western world: Encyclopedia - Western mystery tradition

The term Western mystery tradition (also Western Esoteric tradition) refers to the collection of the mystical esoteric knowledge, such as Kabbalah, of the western world. Western mystery tradition - History. The Western mystery tradition traditionally started in Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Rome and Israel, while it contains many characteristics from the Pagan people of Ancient Britain and Scandinavia, such as the Celts. Ancient figures associated with the Western tradition include Plato, Pyt ...

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Western world: Encyclopedia - Buddhism and the Roman world

Several instances of interaction between Buddhism and the Roman world are documented by Classical and early Christian writers. Buddhism and the Roman world - Pandion embassy. Roman historical accounts describe an embassy sent by the "Indian king Pandion (Pandya?), also named Porus," to Caesar Augustus around 13 CE. The embassy was travelling with a diplomatic letter in Greek, and one of its members was a sramana who burned himself alive in Athens to demonstrate his faith. The event made a sensation and was ...

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Western world: Encyclopedia - Classics

Classics, particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. As a plural noun "classics" can refer to texts written in the ancient Mediterranean world. The study of classics is a primary subject for the humanities, and the people reading classics are sometimes called humanists but ar ...

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Western world: Encyclopedia II - Great Books of the Western World - The works

Published in 54 volumes, The Great Books of the Western World covers topics including fiction, history, poetry, natural science, mathematics, philosophy, drama, politics, religion, economics, and ethics. The first volume, titled The Great Conversation, contains an introduction and discourse on liberal education by Hutchins. The next two volumes, "The Great Ideas: A Syntopicon", were conceived by Adler as a way of emphasizing the unity of the set and, by extension, of Western thought in general. A team of indexers spent months c ...

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