Re:The Oldest Living Civilization (1944)
by svaigsq on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @10:52PM
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I can read wiki, but the source of 1944 article is hardly wiki material, as there is no mention of similar ideas about ancient China. If you scroll that wiki link you posted, then you can find this link with dates for civilizations:
http://www.ancienthistorylists.com/ancient-civilizations/10-...
What's the use of learned knowledge, if it can't be used for practical purposes? Your definition of civilization is enough to ponder what makes civilization now:
one internet for communication, K-POP, impossibility to do isolated science, global corporations with factories in China, that will suffer shortages because of Coronavirus, that can be spread by connecting airlines. Suddenly Chinese eating habits is concern for the rest of the world.
> A civilization or civilisation (see English spelling differences) is any complex society characterized by urban development, social stratification imposed by a cultural elite, symbolic systems of communication (for example, writing systems), and a perceived separation from and domination over the natural environment.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization
In my college ancient history class I learned civilization was any group comprising the following:
* Fixed and defined geographical boundaries
* A systematically developed art/culture
* A government, even something as primitive as despotism
* A developed institution of one or more religions and/or science