CIVILIZATION defined

From: SaharaSafaris@yahoogroups.com
Date: 20 Nov 2014 01:36:24 -0800
I fully agree...

I am also wondering whether: moral traditions and political organization should precede economic provisioning. Isnt it the decay of morals (e.g. greed) that trigger civilizations' decline?
On the other hand, it was the Nile's agricultural surplus that triggered the rise of Ancient Egypt's civilization. Maybe its the "moral traditions" that allows civilizations to persist...?
Or maybe, with respect to modern history, its "political organization" that allows systems to persist.., and hence civilizations?
I more inclined to "moral traditions".. such as an individual's built-in belief of right or wrong.

---In SaharaSafaris@yahoogroups.com, wrote :

sounds like a definition for a 'culture' too.

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I might sound like a crazy dreamer but.. only crazy dreamers can come up with ideas like the Egyptian pyramids!
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On Thursday, November 13, 2014 10:42 PM, "noranshf@... [SaharaSafaris]" wrote:

"CIVILIZATION is social order promoting cultural creation. Four elements constitute it:
economic provision,
political organization,
moral traditions, and
the pursuit of knowledge and the arts."
WILL DURANT

I fully agree...

I am also wondering whether: moral traditions and political organization should precede economic provisioning. Isnt it the decay of morals (e.g. greed) that trigger civilizations' decline?

On the other hand, it was the Nile's agricultural surplus that triggered the rise of Ancient Egypt's civilization. Maybe its the "moral traditions" that allows civilizations to persist...?

Or maybe, with respect to modern history, its "political organization" that allows systems to persist.., and hence civilizations?

I more inclined to "moral traditions".. such as an individual's built-in belief of right or wrong.