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Why are European nations (and the US) call Western Civilizations?

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'Western civilization' refers to the art, literature, culture, and ideas that emerged from the Eastern Mediterranean basin in the centuries before the common era, that developed in a multitude of forms through the Middle Ages, and that ultimately took modern shape after the Renaissance.
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