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- Civilization (29205 bytes)
1: A '''civilization''' or '''civilisation''' has a variety of meaning...
3: ...come the most recognizable symbol of the [[Inca]] civilization.]]
5: ...horticultural]] gardens. When used in this sense, civilization is an exclusive term, applied to some human group...
7: ...e and ethnocentric than the first. In this sense civilization is nearly synonymous with [[culture]].
9: ... in this sense to refer to the potential [[global civilization]]. - Maya civilization (25116 bytes)
5: ...ya and their neighboring Pre-Classic Mesoamerican civilization, the [[Olmec]] culture. The Olmec and early Maya...
18: ... was discovered that the Maya were one of the few civilizations where artists attached their name to their work.
22: ...y to understanding the evolution of their ancient civilization.
37: ...that one instance, in the city of [[Comalcalco]], fired-clay [[brick]]s have been found as a substitut...
41: ...ten were built of a cut and stucco stone exterior filled with densely packed gravel. As is the case w... - Indus Valley Civilization (23571 bytes)
2: ...ation of the Indus Valley''', in reference to its first excavated city of [[Harappa]].
5: ...Indus Map.jpg|350px|thumb|Map of the Indus Valley Civilization]]
7: ... Indus Civilization is among the world's earliest civilizations, contemporary to the great [[Bronze Age]] empire...
11: ... the name of the culture to the "Saraswati Valley Civilization". Some archeologists dispute this view, arguing t...
13: ...vilization may have had a population of well over five million. - Aegean civilization (41260 bytes)
2: ...r that Mycenae was not its chief center of Aegean civilization in its earlier stages (or perhaps at any period),...
6: The uniqueness of Aegean civilization has never been in doubt, since its remains came t...
7: ...uncovered this was shown to be untrue. The Aegean civilization developed three distinctive features.
15: ...rete]] have supplied the clearest proof of it, confirming the impression already created by the goldsm...
21: First (and perhaps earliest in time), the chambers a... - Global civilization (1214 bytes)
1: ...ntury]]. As parts of the world, especially the [[First World]], move toward [[economic]] and [[politi...
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
18: official_languages = [[Spanish Language|Spanish]] |
62: ...]], the [[Olmec]], the [[Toltec]], and the [[Maya civilization|Maya]].
64: ...ula, the Toltecs, who reached the height of their civilization in the tenth and eleventh centuries.
68: ...[[1821]] and the creation of the [[Mexican Empire|First Mexican Empire]].
74: ... Victoria]] as its first president, followed in office by Santa Anna. As president, in 1834 Santa Anna... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...2nd century BC|200 BC]]) strengthened the Chinese civilization. Politically, China alternated between periods of...
7: ...ages were founded; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
11: ...d [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ...gust Ones and the Five Emperors#The Five Emperors|Five Emperors]] (三皇五帝). ...
22: ...tings. [[Anyang]] in modern day Henan has been confirmed as the last of the six capitals of the Shang ... - Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
1: ...opotamia the reputation of being the "[[Cradle of Civilization]]"]].
6: ...a was settled, and conquered, by numerous ancient civilizations, including the [[Sumer|Sumerians]], [[Akkad|Akka...
8: ...ier settlements and cultures which were among the first to make use of [[agriculture]].
12: * [[Halaf period]] (or ''Halafian'')
50: ...tp://classroomclipart.com/clipart/History/Ancient_Civilizations/Mesopotamia.htm Mesopotamia Pictures and Clipart... - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...escribed as a single [[civilization]] or multiple civilizations, as a single [[state]] or multiple states, and a...
5: ...ld's most [[technology|technologically]] advanced civilizations, and East Asia's dominant [[culture|cultural]] i...
7: ...t of ongoing political disputes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
16: ... [[Qing dynasty]], although being continually redefined while the central political influence expanded...
21: ...he ''[[Book of Poetry]]'' explicitly gives this definition. - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
2: ...[birth control]] activist. Initially meeting with fierce opposition, Sanger gradually won the support ...
7: ...ly risked scandal and imprisonment by acting in defiance of the [[Comstock Law|Comstock Law of 1873]] ...
9: ... and Sanger was arrested for violating the post office's obscenity laws by sending birth control infor...
13: ... many states. In 1927, Sanger helped organize the first World Population Conference in [[Geneva]].
19: ...married couples in the US. It was the apex of her fifty-year struggle. - Crocus (3680 bytes)
15: ...n Sea|Aegean]] (where crocuses appear in [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] frescos at [[Santorini]]), across Centra...
17: As one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring, the large hybr...
24: The first crocus seen in the [[Netherlands]], where ''Cr... - Tooth (14790 bytes)
9: ... They have various structures to allow them to fulfill their many different purposes. The primary func...
35: In humans, the first (a.k.a. ''milk'', ''primary'' or ''deciduous''...
39: *first molar
42: ..., for example if the molars include deep pits and fissures, then complete prevention of decay may requ...
48: *first bicuspid - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...ropean history]] into three 'ages': the Classical civilization of [[Antiquity]], the Middle Ages, and modern tim...
8: ...fe conditions for trade and manufacture, and a unified cultural and educational milieu of far-ranging ...
19: ...d were sometimes mutually contradictory). The benefit of feudalism however, was its resiliency, and th...
21: ...uered by [[Belisarius]], but this was a political fiction under Lombard rule and became strongly dispu...
23: ... a first European "identity," [[Christendom]], unified until the separation of [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Or... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
4: ...een found. Small female statues known as [[Venus figurines]] have been found mainly in central [[Euro...
13: ...e feature of this piece is that it is carved with five legs, so that it can have four legs visible if ...
25: ...ee main divisions, the [[Cycladic]], the [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] and the [[Mycenaean]].
27: ...ging from a few inches in size to life-size. The figures are usually nude females with their arms cro...
29: ... especially at [[Knossos]] and [[Phaistos]]. The civilization was named after King [[Minos]] and reached its pe... - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
7: ...rimitive human beings. Indeed, the development of civilization was closely tied to the development of increasing...
9: ...of [[Fellbach-Schmieden]] in Germany has provided fine examples of wooden animal statues from the [[Ir...
11: Two ancient civilizations that used woodworking were the [[Ancient Egypt|E...
13: ...ten some 1500 years after his death. This book is filled largely with descriptions of dimensions for u...
35: * fence: a piece of lath or scrap fixed to the bench surface to prevent movement of th... - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ...ogether with his father and uncle, was one of the first Westerners to travel the [[Silk Road]] to [[Ch...
3: ==The first voyage==
5: ...arco. His father and his uncle Maffeo (also ''Maffio'') were prosperous merchants in the East trade. ...
13: ...f China and with numerous achievements of Chinese civilization, many of which were more advanced than similar co...
16: ...ion and attracted crowds of listeners, who had difficulties in believing their reports of distant Chin... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
3: ... in English as '''Ptolemy''', was a [[Hellenistic civilization|Greek]] [[geographer]], [[astronomer]], and [[ast...
5: Ptolemy was the author of two important scientific treatises. One is the astronomical treatise that...
7: ... computational '[[Tables of Toledo]]') were of sufficient accuracy to satisfy the needs of astronomers...
11: The first part of the ''Geography'' is a discussion of t...
18: ...ps; an edition printed at [[Ulm]] in 1482 was the first one printed north of the Alps. The maps look d... - Culture (23440 bytes)
1: ...that give such activity significance. Different definitions of "culture" reflect different theoretical...
4: ===Culture as civilization===
6: ...d to eliminate popular or mass culture from the definition of culture.
8: ...ean classical music|classical music]] "is" more refined than music produced by working-class people su...
10: ...ther that only a single standard of refinement suffices, against which one can measure all groups. Thu... - Society (6217 bytes)
4: == Definitions ==
8: ...ity|entities]]. A ''society'' is also sometimes defined as an interdependent [[community]].
15: ...intensive agricultural]] societies, also called [[civilization]]s. Some consider [[Industry|Industrial]] and [...
18: ...ymbolic, linguistic, physical, mental, emotional, financial, medical, religious, etc.
24: ...eward, in common with other more technology-based civilizations. - Harmonium (4268 bytes)
5: ...], who composed several collections of works specifically for it, taking advantage of the expressive c...
7: In [[western civilization|western]] [[culture]] both types of harmonium hav... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
18: | '''[[Official language]]'''
62: Egypt is famous for its [[Ancient Egypt|ancient civilization]] and some of the world's most stunning ancient m...
67: ...ṣr''', the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and official name for Egypt, is of [[Semitic]] origin, and...
69: ...t of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom was founded circa [[3200 BC]] by King [...
75: ...ne]] [[1953]] with Gen. [[Mohamed Naguib]] as the first President of the Republic. After Naguib resign... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
3: ...Egypt''' begins as the [[Ancient Egypt|ancient unified Egyptian state]] formed around [[3300 BC]]. It ...
15: * [[First Intermediate Period of Egypt|First Intermediate Period]] (7th–11th Dynastie...
27: ...another culture of [[hunting|hunters]], [[fishing|fishers]] and [[hunter-gatherer|gathering]] peoples ...
29: ...zed the benefits of a more sedentary life. Scientific analysis of the remains of their culture indicat...
31: ...ants of these people may well have begun Egyptian civilization in the Nile Valley. A recent [[gene|genetic]] stu... - Old Kingdom (5401 bytes)
2: ...ral decline referred to by Egyptologists as the [[First Intermediate Period]].
8: ...Third Dynasty who ordered the construction of the first pyramid (the [[Pyramid of Djoser|Step Pyramid]...
10: ...story/herlin/textsup.htm#_ftn18 ''ANCIENT AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO ca. 1500: Pharaonic Egypt to Ca. 800 BCE''], ...
20: ==Decline and Collapse: Fifth through Eighth Dynasties==
22: The Fifth Dynasty began with Userkhaf ([[2465 BC|2465]]&... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
5: ...sider the creation of an Egyptian chronology a difficult task. As Dr. Robert A. Hatch of the Universit...
13: ...ling modern Egyptian chronology, so the previous "firm" dates cannot be supported astronomically.
21: ...hres]] was a king of the [[fifth dynasty of Egypt|fifth dynasty]] that had begun with [[Userkaf]] and ...
23: ...uthorities in different decades offered different figures (5513, 5568, 5700, 5730, or 5770) years for ...
29: ...heliacal rising]] of [[Sirius]] took place on the first day of the seventh year of [[Sesostris III]] o...
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