civilization
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A University of York study of Mohenjo-daro, the largest city of the Indus civilization, points to the opposite pattern.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Its roots are more complex, including the Jewish civilization that preceded it and the Christian one that succeeded it, both critical to its historic supremacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Now lifestyles have become comparable to those in temperate zones, and civilization in the tropical zones need no longer lag behind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Although AI’s threats to jobs “are very real,” Glenn said he’s more worried about AI’s threat to civilization and people’s quality of living.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Shouldn’t I have been jumping for joy, scrambling down the tree, diving into the water, and swimming back to my own kind to be rescued and taken back to… civilization?
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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From this universal human experience, civilizations arise and cultures are born.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
In ancient civilizations as in ours, it was status made manifest.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
For more than a century, the National Museum has preserved a remarkable collection of clay tablets from some of the earliest civilizations in the Middle East.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
In fact, he concluded, the two civilizations are “so radically different, they’re irreconcilable.”
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
To learn a little about what other kinds of civilizations are possible, we can study history and cultural anthropology.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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