Modern Civilization

A civilization (or civilisation) is any complex society characterized by urban development, social stratification, a form of government, and symbolic systems of communication (such as writing).Civilizations are intimately associated with and often further defined by other socio-politico-economic characteristics, such as centralization, the domestication of both humans and other organisms, specialization of labour, culturally-ingrained ideologies of progress and supremacism, monumental architecture, taxation, societal dependence upon farming and expansionism.Historically, "a civilization" has often been understood as a larger and "more advanced" culture, in implied contrast to smaller, supposedly primitive cultures. In this broad sense, a civilization contrasts with non-centralized tribal societies, including …

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UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 3 October 2024 English

Renaissance and took its place at the centre of modern civilization with the Enlightenment, when European societies


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 3 October 2024 English

Renaissance and took its place at the centre of modern civilization with the Enlightenment, when European societies


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 3 October 2024 English

Renaissance and took its place at the centre of modern civilization with the Enlightenment, when European societies


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 3 October 2024 English

Renaissance and took its place at the centre of modern civilization with the Enlightenment, when European societies


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 3 October 2024 English

Renaissance and took its place at the centre of modern civilization with the Enlightenment, when European societies


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 3 October 2024 English

Renaissance and took its place at the centre of modern civilization with the Enlightenment, when European societies


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 3 October 2024 English

Renaissance and took its place at the centre of modern civilization with the Enlightenment, when European societies


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 3 October 2024 English

Renaissance and took its place at the centre of modern civilization with the Enlightenment, when European societies


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 3 October 2024 English

Renaissance and took its place at the centre of modern civilization with the Enlightenment, when European societies


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 3 October 2024 English

Renaissance and took its place at the centre of modern civilization with the Enlightenment, when European societies


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