Western civilization

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civilization cultural tradition historical tradition

Western civilization is a broad cultural, intellectual, and political tradition that developed primarily in Europe and later North America, drawing heavily on Greco-Roman heritage, Christianity, and the Enlightenment.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Western culture	2
Western world	2
Greco-Roman culture	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civilization ⓘ cultural tradition ⓘ historical tradition ⓘ
hasCulturalProduct	Western art ⓘ Western cinema ⓘ Western classical music ⓘ Western literature ⓘ
hasCulturalRoot	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: ancient Greece Roman Antiquity ⓘ surface form: ancient Rome
hasEconomicSystem	capitalism ⓘ market economy ⓘ
hasGeopoliticalRegion	Australia ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ North America ⓘ Western Europe ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery Classical antiquity ⓘ Age of Enlightenment ⓘ surface form: Enlightenment era Industrial Revolution ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ Reformation ⓘ Renaissance ⓘ modern era ⓘ
hasInstitution	independent judiciary ⓘ nation-state ⓘ parliament ⓘ university ⓘ
hasIntellectualRoot	Age of Enlightenment ⓘ surface form: the Enlightenment
hasLanguageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
hasLegalTradition	Roman law ⓘ common law ⓘ
hasMajorCenter	North America ⓘ
hasOrigin	Europe ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalTradition	Western philosophy ⓘ
hasPoliticalTradition	constitutionalism ⓘ liberal democracy ⓘ republicanism ⓘ
hasReligiousRoot	Christianity ⓘ
hasReligiousTradition	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy Protestantism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasScientificTradition	modern science ⓘ
hasTechnologicalTradition	industrial technology ⓘ
hasValue	freedom of speech ⓘ human rights ⓘ individualism ⓘ private property ⓘ religious freedom ⓘ rule of law ⓘ scientific rationalism ⓘ secularism ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ
influenced	global culture ⓘ international law ⓘ modern education systems ⓘ modern political thought ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Judah → culturalInfluenceOn → Western civilization ⓘ

Roman Antiquity → culturalInfluenceOn → Western civilization ⓘ

Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal → focusesOn → Western civilization ⓘ

First World → hasAlternativeName → Western civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western world

Western philosophy → hasCulturalContext → Western civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western world

Western esotericism → hasDomain → Western civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western culture

Greek Antiquity → hasLegacy → Western civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greco-Roman culture

Ancient Mediterranean world → influenced → Western civilization ⓘ

Gospels → influenced → Western civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western culture

Latins → influenced → Western civilization ⓘ

Romans → influenced → Western civilization ⓘ

Voltaire’s Bastards → mainSubject → Western civilization ⓘ