Word: greek
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hardly imagine a world without an abundance of printed matter, and thus we take for granted an invention that produced astonishing consequences. Early printed books tended to resemble, in appearance as well as content, the hand-copied manuscripts they were replacing. The dissemination of the writings of Greek and Roman authors led to a revival of the classical learning that spurred the Renaissance. Printed religious texts put the word of God directly into the hands of lay readers. Such personal contacts helped fuel the Protestant Reformation...
Darling's reputation for getting things done extends beyond the council. He is currently the vice president of the National Senior Classical League, a society of Latin and Greek scholars...
...There should not be allowed to develop a conflict of interest between say, Greek and Turkish studies...I get on extremely well with my colleagues in Ottoman and Turkish studies. I don't see why it should be anything other than that way," she says...
...annual memorial lecture, she says, an ethnomusicologist talked about eastern influences on Greek music...
...example, the fact that Greek and Turkish music have influenced each other is much more "fruitful ground" than political differences...