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Descriptor English: Greek World
Descriptor Spanish: Mundo Griego
Descriptor mundo griego
Scope note: Entidad histórica y cultural dispersa a lo largo de un área geográfica amplia, bajo la influencia de la civilización, la cultura y la ciencia griegas. El imperio griego se extendió desde la propia Grecia y las islas del Egeo en el siglo XVI AC hasta el valle del Indo, en el siglo IV, bajo el mandato de Alejandro Magno, y el sur de Italia y Sicilia. La medicina griega comienza con la medicina homérica y esculapiana, y continúa sin interrupción hasta Hipócrates (480-355 A.C.). El período clásico de la medicina griega va desde el 460 A.C. hasta el 136 A.C. y el periodo grecorromano desde el 156 A.C. hasta el 576 D.C. (Traducción libre del original: A. Castiglioni, A History of Medicine, 2d ed; F. H. Garrison, An Introduction to the History of Medicine, 4th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Mundo Grego
Descriptor French: Monde grec
Tree number(s): I01.076.201.450.226.800.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018645
Scope note: A historical and cultural entity dispersed across a wide geographical area under the influence of Greek civilization, culture, and science. The Greek Empire extended from the Greek mainland and the Aegean islands from the 16th century B.C., to the Indus Valley in the 4th century under Alexander the Great, and to southern Italy and Sicily. Greek medicine began with Homeric and Aesculapian medicine and continued unbroken to Hippocrates (480-355 B.C.). The classic period of Greek medicine was 460-136 B.C. and the Graeco-Roman period, 156 B.C.-576 A.D. (From A. Castiglioni, A History of Medicine, 2d ed; from F. H. Garrison, An Introduction to the History of Medicine, 4th ed)
Annotation: note category; lands & peoples under influence of Greek civilization & culture; IM; do not confuse with GREECE, a Category Z term for ancient & modern Greece
Allowable Qualifiers: HI history
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
DeCS ID: 32214
Unique ID: D018645
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Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/06/22
Revision Date: 1996/06/10
Greek World - Preferred
Concept UI M0027938
Scope note A historical and cultural entity dispersed across a wide geographical area under the influence of Greek civilization, culture, and science. The Greek Empire extended from the Greek mainland and the Aegean islands from the 16th century B.C., to the Indus Valley in the 4th century under Alexander the Great, and to southern Italy and Sicily. Greek medicine began with Homeric and Aesculapian medicine and continued unbroken to Hippocrates (480-355 B.C.). The classic period of Greek medicine was 460-136 B.C. and the Graeco-Roman period, 156 B.C.-576 A.D. (From A. Castiglioni, A History of Medicine, 2d ed; from F. H. Garrison, An Introduction to the History of Medicine, 4th ed)
Preferred term Greek World



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