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- The abstract noun "civilization", meaning "civilized condition", came in the 1760s, again from French.
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The use of "civilizations" as a countable noun was in occasional use in the 19th century, [b] but has become much more common in the later 20th century, sometimes just meaning culture (itself in origin an uncountable noun, made countable in the context of ethnography). [19]
The earliest known use of the noun civilization is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for civilization is from 1656, in a translation by Walter Montagu, courtier and abbot of St Martin.
Aug 16, 2022 · The concept of 'civilization' as a state of cultural development superior to others – as the term is often used in the present day – was first developed by the Greeks.
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Explore the timline of Civilization. Civilization (from the Latin civis=citizen and civitas=city) is a term applied to any society which has developed a writing system, government, production of surplus food, division of labor, and urbanization...
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noun. /ˌsɪvəlaɪˈzeɪʃn/. /ˌsɪvələˈzeɪʃn/. (British English also civilisation) [uncountable] a state of human society that is very developed and organized. the technology of modern civilization. The Victorians regarded the railways as bringing progress and civilization. Extra Examples.
The most important regions for the development of Western Civilization were Mesopotamia and Egypt, because it was from those regions that the different technologies, empires, and ideas that came together in Western Civilization were forged.
Early uses of the word civilization coincided with the march of European global imperialism in the 18th century. In the context of this incipient Euro-centric globalization, Western elites became increasingly aware of cultures other than their own.
