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A civilization (American English and Oxford spelling) or civilisation (common British English) is any complex society characterized by the development of the state, urbanization, and standardized symbolic systems of communication, namely writing systems.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civilization | is a | beginning of the decline of a culture as | 0.90 | text |
| Civilization | is a | large organization | 0.90 | text |
| Kierkegaard | instance of | first by Johann Gottfried Herder and later by philosophers | 0.80 | text |
| Nietzsche | instance of | first by Johann Gottfried Herder and later by philosophers | 0.80 | text |
| artificial fertilization | instance of | particularly when people use intensive agricultural techniques | 0.80 | text |
| irrigation | instance of | particularly when people use intensive agricultural techniques | 0.80 | text |
| crop rotation | instance of | particularly when people use intensive agricultural techniques | 0.80 | text |
| Korea | instance of | a classic example being Chinese civilization and its influence on nearby civilizations | 0.80 | text |
| Japan | instance of | a classic example being Chinese civilization and its influence on nearby civilizations | 0.80 | text |
| Vietnam Many civilizations are actually large cultural spheres containing many nations | instance of | a classic example being Chinese civilization and its influence on nearby civilizations | 0.80 | text |
| regions | instance of | a classic example being Chinese civilization and its influence on nearby civilizations | 0.80 | text |
| Edward Said | instance of | this viewpoint has been strongly challenged by others | 0.80 | text |
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