Dan Plesch,director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at London's School of Oriental and African Studies, says the interview was a major gaffe.

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The remains and records of these strongholds make it clear that the political organization was an imitation of oriental monarchy.

这些堡垒的遗迹和记录表明,这个政治体制效法了东方君主政体

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There's shopping, food, ice cream, souvenirs, like there's all kinds of oriental,

那里可以逛街，有餐厅，冰激凌，旅游纪念品，一些东方特色的东西，

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What oriental? That means mainly the Tigris and Euphrates, Mesopotamia, Syria,all those older civilizations and much more advanced civilizations than the Greek.

哪个东方,这主要指底格里斯河和,幼发拉底河文明,美索不达米亚文明,以及叙利亚文明等这些旧文明,它们都比希腊先进的多

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In the same period,there is clear-cut,unmistakable, oriental influence on Greek pottery and other things that they make.

在同一时期,有明显的证据表明,希腊受到了东方的影响,这表现在他们制作的陶器和其他器物上

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