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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.
33: ...n, while interior space was entirely secondary. Only in the Late Post-Classic era did the great Maya ...
37: ...pliable enough to be worked with stone tools ... only hardening once removed from its bed. In additio... - Indus Valley Civilization (23571 bytes)
2: ...s referred to as the '''Harappa''' or '''Harappan Civilization of the Indus Valley''', in reference to its first...
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...
9: ... 1,052 cities and settlements have been found, mainly in the general region of the Indus River in Paki...
11: ... the name of the culture to the "Saraswati Valley Civilization". Some archeologists dispute this view, arguing t... - 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.
11: ...t. The decipherment in the 1950s of [[Linear B]] unlocked the meaning of this script, but an earlier s...
15: ...he goldsmiths' and painters' work of the Greek mainland ([[Mycenae]], [[Vaphio]], [[Tiryns]]). - Global civilization (1214 bytes)
1: The theory of a '''Global civilization''' emerged in the late [[20th century]]. As part...
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
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.
74: ...s of Tejas, calling themselves Texians and led mainly by relatively recently-arrived [[English languag...
139: ...e than the nation's "free and sovereign states": only since 1997 have its citizens been able to elect ...
161: Situated in the southwestern part of mainland North America and roughly triangular in shape,... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
89: ...Red]], (c.950-1003), explored and colonized [[Greenland]]
90: ...ríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Americas|America]]
131: ...ara Falls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississ...
148: ...anish people|Danish]] explorer, Governor of [[Greenland]]
178: *[[Teoberto Maler]] (1840-1917) [[Maya civilization|Maya]] ruins - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...2nd century BC|200 BC]]) strengthened the Chinese civilization. Politically, China alternated between periods of...
7: ...pecialist craftsmen and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the [...
11: ...d [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
36: ...he [[Qin Dynasty|Qin]] (秦) Emperor lasted only twelve years, he managed to subdue great parts o...
42: ...mperial China. Under the Han Dynasty, the Chinese civilization made great advances in historiography, arts and s... - Mesopotamia (2719 bytes)
1: ...opotamia the reputation of being the "[[Cradle of Civilization]]"]].
2: ...vers, in modern [[Iraq]] and [[Syria]]. More commonly, the term includes these river plains in totalit...
6: ...a was settled, and conquered, by numerous ancient civilizations, including the [[Sumer|Sumerians]], [[Akkad|Akka...
8: These civilizations arose from earlier settlements and cultures whic...
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: ...f as ''[[Taiwan]]'', which is also the usage commonly adopted in the West (see [[political status of T...
16: ...ng the [[Spring and Autumn Period]], it was used only to describe the states politically descended fro...
25: ...of the Yellow River valley, the cradle of Chinese civilization, to these peoples. For example, the Xianbei calle... - Margaret Sanger (12025 bytes)
11: ...aldeman-Julius]] "[[Little Blue Books]]." It not only provided basic information about such topics as ...
19: ...er died in 1966 in [[Tucson, Arizona]] at age 87 only a few months after the landmark [[Griswold v. Co...
31: ...d of exhausting her system, with the results not unlike the effects of masturbation and debauchery.
47: ...om/swtaboo/taboos/ms_apwp.html]. Then considered enlightened in some circles, today such measures are ...
54: ...re is taken to prevent conception. (Care is) the only cure for abortions." Sanger consistently regarde... - Crocus (3680 bytes)
15: ...n Sea|Aegean]] (where crocuses appear in [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] frescos at [[Santorini]]), across Centra...
17: ...ons for the crocuses to bloom early, only to suddenly wither and die from a unseasonable "post-winter"...
32: The taxonomic characteristics are based mainly on the presence or absence of a prophyll (a basa... - Tooth (14790 bytes)
3: ...]]s are used for slicing food. In [[carnivore]]s only.
35: ...r an infant. Human children have 20 milk teeth evenly distributed across the quadrants. Each quadrant ...
44: Adult humans have 32 teeth evenly distributed across the quadrants. Each quadrant...
53: ...r of each quadrant (i.e. the third molar and commonly referred to as [[wisdom teeth]]) may or may not ...
87: Sugars are commonly associated with dental caries. Other carbohydrat... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...ce]]. The Middle Ages of Western Europe are commonly dated from the end of the [[Western Roman Empire...
14: ...ies of Western Europe. The Christian Church, the only centralised institution to survive the [[fall of... - History of sculpture (6101 bytes)
4: ...s known as [[Venus figurines]] have been found mainly in central [[Europe]]. The [[Venus of Willendor...
6: ... stones were used for high quality sculpture and inlays. [[Clay]] was used for pottery and terra cott...
8: ...mong them are a wooden harp with gold and mosaic inlay with a black-bearded golden bull's head.
22: These are only a few of the many sculptures produced in ancient...
25: ...ee main divisions, the [[Cycladic]], the [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] and the [[Mycenaean]]. - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
7: ...rimitive human beings. Indeed, the development of civilization was closely tied to the development of increasing...
11: Two ancient civilizations that used woodworking were the [[Ancient Egypt|E...
37: ...rmer: a chisel bevelled on both sides instead of only one
73: * veneer: very thin slices of wood used for inlay or to cover surfaces
85: ...y]] – The practice of creating patterns by inlaying different wood veneers; with different colou... - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
13: ...f China and with numerous achievements of Chinese civilization, many of which were more advanced than similar co...
23: ... have proposed that he did not get that far, and only retold information he had heard from others. Tho... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
3: ... in English as '''Ptolemy''', was a [[Hellenistic civilization|Greek]] [[geographer]], [[astronomer]], and [[ast...
5: ...Arabic manuscripts (hence its familiar name) and only made available in Latin translation (by [[Gerard...
7: ...tral to the modern system of constellations, but unlike the modern system they did not cover the whole...
9: ...]] in the Roman empire at his time. He relied mainly on the work of an earlier geographer, Marinos of...
14: ...frica; Ptolemy was well aware that he knew about only a quarter of the globe. - Culture (23440 bytes)
1: ...uating, human activity. Anthropologists most commonly use the term "culture" to refer to the universal...
4: ===Culture as civilization===
6: ...at you can think. It identifies "culture" with "[[civilization]]" and contrasts the combined concept with "[[nat...
10: ...ternal [[logic]] and [[value]]s; but rather that only a single standard of refinement suffices, agains...
21: ... conditions. Anthropologists view culture as not only as a product of biological evolution but as a su... - Society (6217 bytes)
15: ...intensive agricultural]] societies, also called [[civilization]]s. Some consider [[Industry|Industrial]] and [...
24: ...eward, in common with other more technology-based civilizations. - Harmonium (4268 bytes)
7: In [[western civilization|western]] [[culture]] both types of harmonium hav...
13: ...ic of India|Indian music]], as well as being commonly found in Indian homes.
15: ...t least one harmonium. The harmonium is also commonly accomponied by the [[tabla]]. To sikhs the harmo... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
56: |}The '''Arab Republic of Egypt''', commonly known as '''Egypt''', (in [[Arabic language|Arab...
62: Egypt is famous for its [[Ancient Egypt|ancient civilization]] and some of the world's most stunning ancient m...
69: ...d for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom was founded circa [[3200 BC]]...
142: ... more than 5 million Egyptians working abroad, mainly in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf area like [[UAE]], and...
153: ...hbouring demographics. The Egyptian people spoke only languages from the [[Afro-Asiatic]] family (prev... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
29: ...e views of scholars about the origins of Egyptian civilization. In the late 20th century archaeologists discover...
31: ...North Africa|Northeast Africa]] ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed...
33: ...araoh Khufu]] (also known as [[Cheops]]), is the only surviving monument of the [[Seven Wonders of the...
50: ...ancient Egyptians (freezing, pickling etc). The only method that they were aware of was by drying the...
60: ...emselves as a specially selected people, "as the only true human beings on earth" ([http://www.louisvi... - Old Kingdom (5401 bytes)
2: ...Classroom Clip Art]]]The Old Kingdom is most commonly regarded as spanning the period when Egypt was r...
10: ...story/herlin/textsup.htm#_ftn18 ''ANCIENT AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS TO ca. 1500: Pharaonic Egypt to Ca. 800 BCE''], ...
22: ...ut regional autonomy and civil wars were not the only causes of this decline. The massive building pro... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
23: ...mes]]'' from 1967. He wrote in his ''Ancient Maya civilization'' (1982: 114), "...dating to perhaps 2100-2200 BC...
69: Egyptian civilization have played a significant role in the early Hebre...
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