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Civilization (or Civilisation) is a term used to describe a certain kind of development of a human society.[1] A civilized society is often characterized by advanced agriculture, long-distance trade, occupational specialization, and urbanism. Aside from these core elements, civilization is often marked by any combination of a number of secondary elements, including a developed transportation system, writing, standards of measurement (currency, etc.), contract and tort-based legal systems, great art style, monumental architecture, mathematics, sophisticated metallurgy, and astronomy. "Civilization" is often used as a synonym for the broader term "culture" in both popular and academic circles.[2] Every human being participates in a culture, defined as "the arts, customs, habits... beliefs, values, behaviour and material habits that constitute a people's way of life".[3] However, in its most widely used definition, civilization is a descriptive term for a relatively complex agricultural and urban culture. Civilizations can be distinguished from other cultures by their high level of social complexity and organization, and by their diverse economic and cultural activities. In an older but still frequently used sense, the term "civilization" can be used in a normative manner as well in societal contexts where complex and urban cultures are assumed to be superior to other "savage" or "barbarian" cultures, the concept of "civilization" is used as a synonym for "cultural (and often ethical) superiority of certain groups." In a similar sense, civilization can mean "refinement of thought, manners, or taste".[4] This normative notion of civilization is heavily rooted in the thought that urbanized environments provide a higher living standard, encompassed by both nutritional benefits and mental potentialities. Civilization requires advanced knowledge of science, trade, art, government, and farming, within a society. In his book The Philosophy of Civilization, Albert Schweitzer, one of the main philosophers on the concept of civilization, outlined the idea that there are dual opinions within society; one regarding civilization as purely material and another regarding civilization as both ethical and material. He stated that the current world crisis was, then in 1923, due to a humanity having lost the ethical conception of civilization. In this same work, he defined civilization, saying
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Dental Implants Defined by William Farrand
A dental implant is an artificial tooth fastened to a titanium post that is inserted into the exposed bone of the jaw. Over time the titanium bonds with the jawbone and becomes really secure. Dental implants most closely resemble a persons real teeth...
Dentist - History of Dental Care and Why it is Important by Andrea Avery
History of dental care and why it is important to see your dentist.
There is historical evidence that around 2700 BC, Chinese acupuncture was used to treat tooth pain and 5,000 years ago ancient Egyptians used a form of toothpaste. Other cul...
Casual wear town in China - Yoga Neti Pot - Disposable Anal Speculum by zhang betty
Sha Town, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, is located in the west, an area of 55 square kilometers, the resident population of 64000 people, the immigrant population more than 10 million people. Shaxi Chinese Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan c...
Poses Yoga Pranayama Yoga and strategy to give secret history of its Patents by GS Virk
Sanskrit word Yoga means union of life and soul. Holding physical life in various postures with conscious mind is called yoga poses or postures. Practicing breathing exercises in different styles with the conscious mind is called Yoga Pranayama. . It...
Green tea for fast weight loss by Claire Tia
Have you heard about the wonderful and natural benefits that are found in drinking green tea? There are actually new discoveries about the remarkable effects for health and fast weight loss caused by this beverage. Most people are not aware that drin...
Brain Supplements Enhance Your Intelligent Quotient by Johny Powell
Since the dawn of civilization (and what a dawn it has been), man has been distinguished from the animals because of two entities; his brain and thumb. Brain allows ratiocination. It presents a man with his greatest ability, the ability to think. How...
Emu Oil Benefits For People and Pets by Susan Katchur
Emu oil comes from the fat of a large ostrich like birds, called emus. These shy and inquisitive animals are most common in Australia, found in forest and woodland areas, instead of highly populated areas. They are cautious when approaching civilizat...
Fountain - Yoga Netipot - Yoga Neti Pot by xiao hee
History of fountains Ancient Greek fountains Attic Greek vase from South Italy, about 480 b.c. showing Polyxena filling a vessel from a fountain (The Louvre) Whether a civilization had fountains depended mostly upon whether its water supply was abov...
Dental Implants by Oli Simard
The Mayan civilization has been shown to have used the first known instances of endosseous implants (implants embedded into bone), dating back to over 1,350 years before Per-Ingvar Brånemark started making use of titanium. While excavating Mayan buri...
Dental Implants - A History Of by Liam Gomez
The Mayan civilization has been shown to have used the first known instances of endosseous implants (implants embedded into bone), dating back to over 1,350 years before Per-Ingvar Brånemark started making use of titanium. While excavating Mayan buri...
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