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the way people live at a particular time and place
a documentary on the advanced civilization created by the Mayas over a thousand years ago
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Education in the earliest civilizations Institute of Neijing Research.
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Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
The subjects of this commonwealth, like the digital nomads in one of Srinivasan’s cloud civilizations, do not believe they are obligated to render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
For one, gold has a long history of value dating back to ancient civilizations and is still viewed as a stable asset.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
About the excavation mentioned above, researchers add that nearly all subsequent civilizations inhabited the area.
—Gairika Mitra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2024
Other civilizations will face the same scenario and that will have important implications for our ability to find and contact them — the famous Fermi paradox.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
For astrobiologists, this theory introduces a significant challenge in the search for alien civilizations.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2024
This school of thought offers a plausible explanation for why civilizations would remain silent.
—Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2024
This could be because of an overabundance of caution since no one knows how other civilizations might react.
—Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2024
Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
The subjects of this commonwealth, like the digital nomads in one of Srinivasan’s cloud civilizations, do not believe they are obligated to render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
For one, gold has a long history of value dating back to ancient civilizations and is still viewed as a stable asset.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
About the excavation mentioned above, researchers add that nearly all subsequent civilizations inhabited the area.
—Gairika Mitra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2024
Other civilizations will face the same scenario and that will have important implications for our ability to find and contact them — the famous Fermi paradox.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
For astrobiologists, this theory introduces a significant challenge in the search for alien civilizations.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2024
This school of thought offers a plausible explanation for why civilizations would remain silent.
—Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2024
This could be because of an overabundance of caution since no one knows how other civilizations might react.
—Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Civilizations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civilizations. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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