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Re:Studying the demise of historic civilisations by peterwwillis on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @12:06AM (#19308227)
Greeks don't count, then? They have the oldest recorded living language. Give me a metric of how China is a civilization that doesn't make Greece also a civilization. Really they're just land masses with specific ethnic groups and traditions. Greek traditions have probably changed a lot more than Chinese traditions over 3,000 years, but much change determines a civilization?
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Re:Studying the demise of historic civilisations by stcredzero on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @02:46AM (#19308881)
much change determines a civilization?

Change happens faster in the centers of civilization. So change is as much an indicator of the degree of civilization.

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