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Greatly extended life spans
Democracy
Human rights
Natural law
Literature
Classical music
Symphony orchestras
String quartets
Western painting
Western drawing
Western sculpture
Opera
Poetry
Film
Television
Telecommunications
Motorized vehicles and the culture the grew from them from design to racing to drive-in movie theatres to traffic systems on and on.
Trains and rail systems
Airplanes and flight systems
Motor ships and shipping systems (which provide about 90% of everything to every country worldwide)
Modern military technology (and the great majority of older military tech)
Dramatic theatre (plays)
Comedic theatre (plays, performance such as vaudeville, stand-up comedy, etc)
Musical theatre (musicals)
Downhill skiing
Cross-country skiing
Archery
Soccer
Hockey
Football
Cricket
Baseball
Tennis
Volleyball
Basketball
Environmental stewardship
Multiculturalism (It didn't work, but it was a kind-hearted idea)
United Nations peace-keeping (whatever you think of the UN, UN Peace-keeping is very important)
Photography (art and journalistic)
Ballet
Western architecture
Western cuisine
Fashion
the vast majority of:
physics
chemistry
mathematics
biology
material science
medical science
applied science
engineering
business
economics
finance
outer space science, exploration, and research
oceanography
animal rights
humanism
news media
legal system
the printed word (books, maps, etc)