The Influence Of Civilization

When you stand in front of the mirror, has it ever occurred to you that you belong to a particular civilization and your clothes, culture, language and may be even some of your personality traits are a mark of the particular civilization. So I ask this profound question; what is civilization? How is early civilization impacting my and your life today?

Civilization is a conceptual term. It is a totality of people’s history, way of life, their expectations, their frustration, their desire, and their aspirations. Civilization is also a term used to describe a particular level of improvement on the development continuum. It is more often used as a synonym of culture. Culture, defined as “the arts, customs, habits, beliefs, values, behavior and

However, in its most widely used definition, civilization is a descriptive term for a relatively complex agricultural and urban culture. Civilizations can be distinguished from other cultures by their high level of social complexity and organization, and by their diverse economic and cultural activities. Civilization can also be used in a normative way to indicate cultural superiority of one group of country over another. In a similar sense, civilization can mean “refinement of thought, manners, or taste”. This normative notion of civilization is heavily rooted in the thought that urbanized environments provide a higher living standard, encompassed by both nutritional benefits and mental potentialities. Civilization requires advanced knowledge of science, trade, art, government,

First, it helped to insure the continuity of civilization by expediting the flow of information in an increasingly large and stratified society. Secondly, it facilitated administrative activities and enabled the further growth and canalization of the society. Finally, it crystallized and preserved cultural and bureaucratic traditions. They all contributed and revised their writing systems to give us our present day alphabet. Without a way to write, we would still be using symbols and pictures to tell stories. These ancient civilizations had fantastic writing systems, and because of this, today, we also