civilization

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A new message of freedom and redemption, arguably the most liberating event in Western civilization for more than 1,000 years, was the result.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The Inca civilization, based high in the Andes, built the largest Indigenous empire in the Americas before European arrival.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

It is the return of a recurring but never-banished nightmare about one civilization attacking another, driven by blind hatred.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

"These 74 sacred objects are not merely works of art; they are living witnesses to the genius of the Khmer ancestors and the spiritual heart of Khmer civilization," it added.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

If civilization has an opposite, it is war.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin