An original Hellenic civilization soon developed, later interacting with the native Cumaean variety of the Greek alphabet, which was adopted by the Etruscans; the Old Italic alphabet subsequently evolved into the Latin alphabet, which became the most widely used alphabet in the world.
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In Canada he has founded the " Pan-Macedonian Association of Manitoba ", the interdisciplinary " Centre for Hellenic Civilization " of the University of Manitoba, and the " Canadian Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles ".
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The School offers two major research libraries : the Blegen Library, with 94, 000 volumes dedicated to the ancient Mediterranean world; and the Gennadius Library, with over 120, 000 volumes and archives devoted to post-classical Hellenic civilization and, more broadly, the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean.
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However, since the junta seemed to profess nationalist values, the party believed that it could transform the 21 April regime from reactionary right-wing military dictatorship to something more akin to Ioannis Metaxas'4th of August regime and, ultimately, to a manifestation of the envisioned Third Hellenic Civilization ideal.
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The later phase ( "'Villanovan II "') saw radical changes, evidence of contact with Hellenic civilization and trade with the north along the Amber Road : glass and amber necklaces on women, bronze armor and horse harness fittings, and the development of elite graves in contrast to the earlier egalitarian culture.
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The 4th of August Party had inherited from its namesake, the 4th of August regime of Ioannis Metaxas, the task of furthering the ideal of the Third Hellenic Civilization : a new state which would draw inspiration from the very best elements of classical and medieval Hellenism and, in the process, create a new Greek epoch.
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Patterning itself after Benito Mussolini's Fascist Italy, Metaxas'regime promoted various concepts such as the " Third Hellenic Civilization ", the Roman salute, a national youth organization, and introduced measures to gain popular support, such as the Greek Social Insurance Institute ( IKA ), still the biggest social security institution in Greece.
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Patterning itself after Benito Mussolini's Fascist Italy, Metaxas'regime promoted various concepts such as the " Third Hellenic Civilization ", the Roman salute, a National Organisation of Youth, and introduced measures to gain popular support, such as the Greek Social Insurance Institute ( IKA ), still the biggest social security institution in Greece.
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Like his contemporaries Hitler with F�hrer and Mussolini with Duce, Metaxas adopted the title of " Arhigos ", Greek for " leader " or " chieftain ", and claimed that his regime had to lay the foundations for the appearance of a glorious " Third Hellenic Civilization " combining the best of ancient Greece and the Greek Byzantine Empire of the Middle Ages.
