1. Definition of Civilization

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CIVILIZATION

3. Definition of civilization
The word civilization comes from the Latin civilis, meaning civil, related to the Latin civis, meaning citizen, and civitas, meaning city or city-state

4. Civilization (or civilisation) is a sometimes controversial term that has been used in several related ways.
Primarily, the term has been used to refer to the material and instrumental side of human cultures that are complex in terms of technology, science, and division of labor. Such civilizations are generally hierarchical and urbanized.

5. In a classical context, people were called "civilized" to set them apart from barbarians, savages, and primitive peoples
While in a modern-day context, "civilized peoples" have been contrasted with indigenous peoples or tribal societies.

6. Definition of civilization
An advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in human society, marked by progress in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions.
The type of culture and society developed by a particular nation or region or in a particular epoch: Mayan civilization; the civilization of ancient Rome.
The act or process of civilizing or reaching a civilized state.
Cultural or intellectual refinement; good taste.
Modern society with its conveniences: returned to civilization after camping in the mountains.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009.

7. Definition of civilization
(Sociology) a human society that has highly developed material and spiritual resources and a complex cultural, political, and legal organization; an advanced state in social development
the peoples or nations collectively who have achieved such a state
the total culture and way of life of a particular people, nation, region, or period classical civilization
the process of bringing or achieving civilization
intellectual, cultural, and moral refinement
cities or populated areas, as contrasted with sparsely inhabited areas, deserts, etc.
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8. The level of advancement of a civilization is often measured by its progress in agriculture, long distance trade, occupational specialization, a special governing class and urbanism. Aside from these core elements, a civilization is often marked by any combination of a number of secondary elements, including a developed transportation system, writing, standardized measurement, currency, contractual and (tort-based) legal systems, characteristic art and architecture, mathematics, enhanced scientific understanding, metallurgy, political structures, and an astronomical understanding.

10. The Great Mosque of Kairouan also called the Mosque of Uqba is at the same time the oldest mosque in North Africa and one of the most important monuments of Islamic civilization. In addition to its artistic and architectural importance, this mosque was, between the 9th and 11th centuries, the main centre of culture and education in entire North Africa. The Great Mosque of Kairouan is located in the World Heritage city of Kairouan in Tunisia.

11. Angkor Watt

12. Borobudur

13. Pyramid

14. Maya

15. Babylon