Posted: 11/25/2019
Why is Western civilization exceptional? It is the influence all five major civilizations had on Western civilization. Many intellectuals drop some of the five civilizations, but that only indicates how poorly they understand history or that they have an agenda!
I put intentionally the Judaic influence first, because it is the oldest of them and it is the only one besides Christianity still going strong today. The Hebrew calendar is currently in the year 5780.
I also included Islam here although Islam never really conquered (militarily or otherwise) Europe, but Islam was peripherally successful (e.g. Spain, Balkans). Western civilization also never adopted Islamic culture as much as the other ones.
Nothing here is meant to diminish the gigantic achievements of other great civilizations like in Asia, China, or India. On the contrary, they also had an immense influence on Western civilization.
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