Civilizations refers to a means to organize groups of people around common: culture, race, ethnicity, language, religion, national boundaries, etc. The organizing principles are not concrete. Questions about civilizations should be definite in scope, and related to the particular characteristic(s) ...
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Which are the most economic and military based civilizations [closed]
I've been working on an MMOSG game and wanted your opinions about which were the most economic and militarily powerful civilizations in history.
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Is there any religion known to have inspired the creation of other religions?
Many religions share same stories, Christianity, Judaism and Islam for example (the ones I know of at least). Some of those stories could even be traced to earlier civilizations in the Middle East ...
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What is the first known organized religion in the world?
Which were the first religions to be created with well known scriptures, ceremonies and traditions? Was it that of the ancient Egyptians or the old kingdoms of the Middle East? What about Africa or ...
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Finding reviews of academic books?
I find it quite diffucult to find reviews of academic books on various subjects, especially for books in the english language.
In Denmark we have a service where we can search almost any book academic ...
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Historical examples of significant no man's lands between states in perpetual conflict
What are some historical examples, if any, of large-scale (say > 10000 km squared) "no-man's lands" between states in perpetual conflict? These states would be mutually hostile, firmly divided ...
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How many hours per day did a Sumerian farmer sleep?
I wonder about the life-styles of the inhabitants of ancient civilizations. As a particular case, if we consider the era of Sumer, what are the significant diversities compared to rural life today?
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How does Göbekli Tepe fit into the current picture of society development?
Göbekli Tepe is a huge archaeological site in Eastern Turkey, currently under excavation (make sure you click on "Pictures"). It is one of the oldest architectural complexes in the world, possibly the ...
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How common are major cities not built by abundant water?
When you look at the biggest cities in the world, they all tend to be built on a major body of water, either a coast, a large lake, or a major river. This made sense in ancient times, as abundant ...
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Is there an Arnold J Toynbee student to say about the state and fate of Western Civilization?
Toynbee studied history centering his work on the life and death of civilizations.
As Wikipedia says:
Toynbee argued that "Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder."
For Toynbee, ...
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Did all writing civilizations eventually produce cryptography?
I know some of the ancient civilizations did encrypt their messages. Did it happen everywhere where writing was known? If it didn't happen somewhere, what were the reasons?
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Continent-wide common languages in human history
My question on rpg.stackexchange.com seems to have reached a point where a "history-person" would be quite suitable to answer it. So let me rephrase it, so as to be at least marginally suitable for ...
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Why did civilisation/city states never take root in Australia and North America?
I recently read that the Australian Aborigines numbered close to a million during the time of Botany Bay and comprised of ~250 tribes/nations. The Native Americans of North America also boasted ...
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Is there a majority viewpoint for the fall of the ancient Egyptian civilization?
This article on the end of the ancient Egyptian civilization posits four different points at which the civilization ended:
Is it the definitive end of native Egyptian rule (at least until the 20th ...
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Resources on the History of African Civilization
I was wondering if anyone might be aware of any good resources on the history and development of African civilizations? I will of course be seeking council from the Most Wise and Great God Google, ...
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What is the contemporary knowledge of the theoretical history?
I have noticed, that posts here do not use in their argumentation the terminology and thoughts of the theories that attempted to make history more scientific, tried to put a base under it. I mean ...
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What are the social preconditions for division of labour, when compared in different emerging civilizations?
I would like to know if historians/economists/sociologists agree on the preconditions required for division of labour in ancient and/or earlier societies. Are there any common preconditions and ...
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Which country traces its roots back to the oldest civilization?
Which country is recognized or documented as having the first prominent civilization? After reading so many articles, I couldn't determine which country should be acknowledged as having the oldest ...
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What makes a distinct civilization?
Inspired by this question, I have a more general one: What is, historically speaking, a civilization?
We can identify broad traits that make a society a civilization- agriculture, city building, ...
