civilization
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An Austrian archduke’s visit to Sarajevo in 1914 triggered the war that nearly destroyed European civilization.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Five days after I received the message about Pete Heseth, I returned to civilization to find that very little had changed in my absence.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
To make sure it doesn’t burn down civilization, he pitched an industry-funded body that would operate under federal oversight and test frontier models before they’re released.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Growing the pie year after year is what built our standard of living and our civilization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The Near East became the cradle of civilization: to be civilized, after all, means to live as a citizen, a town dweller.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
I recently watched a documentary about the fall of the Bronze Age civilizations.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
Packard-Grams has long been fascinated by the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, and by the countless works of literature, philosophy, and science that disappeared before scribes could make surviving copies.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
The rise and fall of AI agent civilizations.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
What the viewers of Titian’s time would have known is that the painting depicts the mythical moment in which the Phoenician and Cretan civilizations began to conjoin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Indians had expanded their Neolithic revolutions to create a panoply of diverse civilizations across the hemisphere.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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We the People: Civ
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