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  2. Civilization - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia were the oldest civilization in the world, beginning about 4000 BCE. Ancient Egypt is an example of an early culture civilization. [1]A civilization (also spelled civilisation in British English) is any complex society characterized by the development of the state, social stratification, urbanization, and symbolic systems of communication beyond signed or ...

  3. Portal:Civilizations - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia were the oldest civilization in the world, beginning about 4000 BCE.. A civilization (also spelled civilisation in British English) is any complex society characterized by the development of the state, social stratification, urbanization, and symbolic systems of communication beyond signed or spoken languages (namely, writing systems and graphic arts).

  4. Civility - Wikipedia

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    Of the 1000 people surveyed, a follow-up study revealed that 86% of those people reported being subjected to incivility. [16] In this report, part of an annual follow-up research report in January 2016 sharing findings on attitudes and sentiment about civility, 95% of Americans believe that incivility is a very visible issue, while 74% ...

  5. Complex society - Wikipedia

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    A core tenet of complex society was a transition from agrarian and kinship societies to complex, industrial societies. The transition occurs as a result of specialization in the means of labor, with some people rising to power as rulers and administrators, while others remained as food producers. [15] This was one of the first divisions of labor.

  6. Sociocultural evolution - Wikipedia

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    The theory was deeply ethnocentric—it makes heavy value judgments about different societies, with Western civilization seen as the most valuable. It assumed all cultures follow the same path or progression and have the same goals. It equated civilization with material culture (technology, cities, etc.)

  7. Outline of society - Wikipedia

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    Society – group of people sharing the same geographical or virtual territory and therefore subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Such people share a distinctive culture and institutions , which characterize the patterns of social relations between them.

  8. Multiculturalism - Wikipedia

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    Canadian society is often depicted as being "very progressive, diverse, and multicultural," or a just society that formally acknowledges several different cultures and beliefs. [ 81 ] [ 82 ] Multiculturalism, however, is a misnomer often misidentified as a societal ideal with its associated natural moral sensitivity, whereas it functions as a ...

  9. Urgesellschaft - Wikipedia

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    A society is formed by different-sized social groups acting together. At different times in history, as well as in different climates and ecozones , human societies were quite different. The gradual dispersal of early human groups (estimated at 1 to 10 kilometers per year) initially placed few demands on them and their generational succession ...