Civilization
A civilization (or civilisation) is any complex society characterized by urban development, social stratification, a form of government, and symbolic systems of communication (such as writing).Civilizations are intimately associated with and often further defined by other socio-politico-economic characteristics, such as centralization, the domestication of both humans and other organisms, specialization of labour, culturally-ingrained ideologies of progress and supremacism, monumental architecture, taxation, societal dependence upon farming and expansionism.Historically, "a civilization" has often been understood as a larger and "more advanced" culture, in implied contrast to smaller, supposedly primitive cultures. In this broad sense, a civilization contrasts with non-centralized tribal societies, including …
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Laws.Africa · 7 November 2022 English
teaching and training in connection with French civilization and language; game service provided online from …
Natal Society Foundation · 1 January 2020 English
The journalist Mary Elizabeth Martens (1870–1939), who had grown up in the Colony of Natal under Responsible Government, published two novels in 1911 and 1915: A Woman of Small Account …
not race (or religion, ethnicity, grade of civilization, etc.) but access to territory. Territoriality …
1 January 2017 English
This looks at the story of one of Durban’s most important medical institutions. With its origins linked to medical missionaries, Dr James McCord and his wife Margaret, McCords has always …
opinion that it was those who had ‘picked foreign civilization’ who were more likely to ‘contract such ailments … towards American standards of education and civilization … [and] a general belief that good societies …
The Journal of Sierra Leone Studies · 23 April 2016 English
While the majority of the slaves from this region were captured on the mainland, the islands off the coast were where the barracoons (holding pens) were primarily located and where …
Diop, Cheikh Anta. 1974. The African Origin of Civilization: Myth and Reality. Chicago, Illinois: Lawrence …
DISA: Digital Innovation South Africa · 1 January 2016 English
This article discusses the abolishment of capital punishment.
"Liberty is the delicate fruit of •a mature civilization" and indeed the story of abolition follows this … telling blow in the defence of the values of. the civilization it so often seeks to represent on this continent" … but recently brought into contact with western civilization and ideas, the sanctity of human life is a matter …
DISA: Digital Innovation South Africa · 1 January 2016 English
APDUSA shows concern in how the Herrenvolk and the Broederbond, and particularly in the Western province, attempts to split-up the Non-Whites into various groups with their own policeman-chiefs. The discussion …
any society the people who create wealth and civilization, and are therefore responsible for the progress … short, all that goes by the name of Western Civilization in this country rests squarely on their backs …
The Journal of Sierra Leone Studies · 31 October 2015 English
Yalunka, Soso, and Vai are more widely spoken in the coterminous countries of Liberia and Guinea and closely related to Mende.5 Kuranko and Kono are part of the Mandeng cluster, …
Egyptian hieroglyphics explains both the Egyptian civilization and the entire world of the Paleo-Africans. … He also makes it clear that Kemetic civilization originated in the Fertile African Crescent and that … that Black African and Kemetic civilization at its origination was unified from its foundations in the Sahara … civilizations, the Magyar or Hungarian civilization, the Dravidian civilization, and the Sumerian and Elamite … and other languages spoken by the founders of civilization in India and Mesopotamia, led him to hypothesize …
MINISDEF: Ministry of Defence · 2015 Spanish
En la portada: Escuela de Altos Estudios de la Defensa Incluye referencias bibliográficas Resumen: El objetivo de este nuevo trabajo radica en el estudio del espacio mauritano-sahariano y senegambiano, un …
(1999). Introduction to the History of African Civilization: Precolonial Africa. Vol. 1. Lanham, MD: University …
University of Cambridge · 27 May 2014
regional differences in the forms of African political economy converged on the model of agrarian civilization or the Old Regime. The antidote to the Old Regime is liberal revolution. Hart considers the role …
The Journal of Sierra Leone Studies · 24 February 2014 English
The two theatres of War were distinct responses to the implementation of the taxation clause of the Protectorate Ordinance; however, in the southern region of the Protectorate, the uprising was …
opportunity for developing agriculture and spreading civilization to the interior. However, despite the rhetoric … rhetoric outlining the extension of “civilization” to the hinterland, economics and trade were the basis for …
