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Despite the fact that the Greeks have not done too much in improving their practical, hands-on experience, their analytic and curious nature give great influence in the future technology. An important contribution made by the Greeks is the botanical science. In two famous books, History of Plants and Causes of Plants, written by Theophrastus (student of Aristotle), gave a great influence to botanical science up until the 17th century. Theophrastus was considered the father of botanical science. His writings have broad scopes, such as morphology, classifications, fertilization by seeding and vegatative means, plant geography, forestry, holticulture, phramacology, pests, as well as the smell and taste of plants. In addition, Theophrastus also discussed about 500 wild plants and farming plants.Theophrastus differentiated Angiospermae and ...
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Since the ancient time, the Greek language has remained as the dominant language in the Greek mainland, as well as its neighbouring islands. Currently, there are about 10 million speakers of Greek in Greece alone. In addition to being in used in Greece, the it is also used in countries such as Macedonia, Bulgaria, as well as Romania. Likewise, there are also many Greek communities outside Greece itself, such as Egypt, especially in the Cairo and Alexandria areas.Not only is Greek spoken by the Greek people themselves, it is also spoken by some Muslims. Turkey is the country wherein lies Greek speaking Muslims. These people are divided into two groups, the Crete group (originating from the Crete island), and the Pontus group, originating from the Black Sea area.The Crete ...
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