To: MNDude
Jiahu is classified as a village rather than a civilization. “Civilization” implies city-sized populations, along with subsistence by agriculture, advanced social organization, and writing (rather than simply artistic symbols or pictographs).
82 posted on
02/19/2022 12:31:56 PM PST by
Fedora
To: Fedora
Or as King Arthur opined in Once and Future King, civilization is not bashing others' heads in just because you can. (I paraphrase.)
85 posted on
02/19/2022 12:36:48 PM PST by
Buttons12
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To: Fedora
“Civilization implies...”
Or as Justice Stewart said, “I know it when I see it.”
86 posted on
02/19/2022 12:41:50 PM PST by
Buttons12
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