After the translations of the many ancient works of Hippocrates and Galen in the 15th and 16th centuries, progress was made in medicine and anatomy. ... With knowledge from exploration beyond Europe and from the first translations of the ancient works of Strabo and Ptolemy, geography was transformed. ... Printing helped spread the religious ideas of the Reformation, and allowed the Europeans to reach greater heights and compete with the civilization of China for the first time. ...

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He later worked (at his father's request) on an English translation of Theologia naturalis and in the last 15 years of his life he also completed the three volumes of personal reflections which comprise his famous Essays. ... We tend to blame Marx and Lenin for the formation of the Soviet Union, and Mao Tse-tong for the formation of communist China and to assign less credit than we should to the rebellious peoples who helped bring it about. ...

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The legacy of Hellenism in the east is reflected in art as far away as China. ... In the third century B.C a Greek slave, Livius Androncius, translated the Odyssey into Latin, which became an incredible success. ...

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