Civilization

A civilization (US) or civilisation (UK) is any complex society characterized by urban development, symbolic communication forms (typically, writing systems), and a perceived separation from and domination over the natural environment by a cultural elite. Civilizations are intimately associated with and often further defined by other socio-politico-economic characteristics, including centralization, the domestication of both humans and other organisms, specialization of labor, culturally ingrained ideologies of progress and supremacism, monumental architecture, taxation, societal dependence upon farming as an agricultural practice, and expansionism.

Historically, a civilization was a so-called "advanced" culture in contrast to more supposedly primitive cultures. In this broad sense, a civilization contrasts with non-centralized tribal societies, including the cultures of nomadic pastoralists or hunter-gatherers. As an uncountable noun, civilization also refers to the process of a society developing into a centralized, urbanized, stratified structure.

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French ambassador on civil unrest, deadly Strasbourg attack

Fox News 12 Dec 2018

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The Daily Mail 12 Dec 2018

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Civil-Surya pact

The Himalayan 12 Dec 2018

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Editorial: Praise for thoughtful and civil discourse

Fosters 12 Dec 2018

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Hong Kong Occupy leader Benny Tai cites US civil rights activist Martin Luther King: ‘I’m ...

South China Morning Post 12 Dec 2018

A law scholar who co-founded Hong Kong’s Occupy democracy movement told a court on Wednesday he was not afraid of being jailed for his part in the 2014 protests, which brought sections of the city to a standstill for 79 days ... “If we are guilty, we are guilty... ....

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Civility is indeed a political virtue, but it cannot guarantee good government

Daily Press Victorville 12 Dec 2018

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All Africa 12 Dec 2018

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Rutgers-Seton Hall basketball: For father and son, this is civil war

Asbury Park Press 12 Dec 2018

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Rutgers-Seton Hall: Freehold law firm is a Civil War this week

Asbury Park Press 12 Dec 2018

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Tunisie: Cinq personnes mortes par asphyxie au monoxyde de carbone � Ain Turck (protection civile)

All Africa 12 Dec 2018

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Guest editorial: Humility and civility: More pols, please, like George H.W. Bush

Commercial News 12 Dec 2018

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Weird York: Civil War General William Extra Billy Smith

York Daily Record 12 Dec 2018

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Hoffman Construction Company: Bonneville Power Administration Ross FSB & Civil Improvements

DJC Oregon 12 Dec 2018

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