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    Eastern European: Greco-Cyrillic alphabet + Orthodox Christianism.

    It would part from the Great Schism, 11th century.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiteruthenian View Post
    Will you define 'Eastern'?

    The same question goes to Forget Me Not.
    Well, I'm talking about the mentality of Hellenes whose behavior and attitude might be more similar to per Cold War standards. The reason why I bring up the Cold War is because the period which was initiated by the Germans split Europe so deeply with democracy in the West and Communism in the East.

    Greece became part of the Allies in the Cold War and was essentially the only country in the Balkans and Eastern Europe to join the Allied powers. It makes thing a bit interesting because historically Greece has been in a sphere of its own beginning with the Byzantine Empire and ending with them joining the Allied powers during the Cold War.

    Politically, today, it is very much so Western in terms of corruption and dynastic politics (though one could argue that dynastic politics is unique to Greece) but culturally it fits in a sphere of its own. Greece may share similarities with Balkan countries and Italy but the similarities are emitted outwards not inwards.

    I don't believe you can say Greece is Eastern in mentality because Greece is unsurprisingly different, very different to Russia or Ukraine politically and culturally other than sharing religious similarities which doesn't really define the national character of a country. Religion is supplementary, it adds to the country but praying to God in a certain fashion doesn't really define a country's national character as much as Karl would wish it to.

    Now to answer this thread's question... is Greece Eastern or Western? Had the Byzantine Empire survived longer, this question might have been easier to answer for Greece would have had a larger influence on Modern Europe but alas it is not the case. But if I had to give an answer I would probably say that Greece is in a sphere of its own today, as small as it may be but I would dare to say that neighboring countries of Greece imitates Greece in some way.

    Italy for one, Southern Italy or Magna Graecia more specifically is very alike to Greece, and the Balkan countries is somewhat alike to Greece but this has diverged somewhat since countries north of Greece for the last couple decades were in a sphere entirely foreign to them and made way for the diverging of Greece and other Balkan countries.


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    Balkan/East Mediterranean mentality - masculine, but without the authoritarianism of Islam.
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    Western European but Mediterranean

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    Definitely Eastern.

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    Neither.
    Medditeranean.
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    african

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    Quote Originally Posted by dado View Post
    african
    Are you talking about our dicks? Because yes, they are black, long and thick...

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    Too simplistic, they are simply...Greek. Surprise.

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    I change my mind. I said similar to Italians before, now I think more similar to Serbs.

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