What is Civilization? by Christi https://padlet.com/christi_carter/jvo6pt0cyezx Follow Up en-us 2018-01-18 13:44:04 UTC 2018-01-19 13:58:17 UTC hello@padlet.com Deakin https://padlet.com/christi_carter/jvo6pt0cyezx/wish/222770716 Civilization is a group or a number of groups under a single government. For this group to be considered a civilization in must have the following: 
  • Economic surplus
  • Agricultural surplus
  • Culture/s
  • Religion/s
  • Industry
  • Political/military structure
  • Social rules that govern life
  • A writing system
And lastly a civilizations main goal should be to progress.
]]> 2018-01-19 13:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/christi_carter/jvo6pt0cyezx/wish/222770716 Alex Hurdle https://padlet.com/christi_carter/jvo6pt0cyezx/wish/222770766 A civilization is a community or society that has reached a point of sustainability not only in agriculture  but also socially, politically, and culturally.

]]> 2018-01-19 13:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/christi_carter/jvo6pt0cyezx/wish/222770766 Jacob Richardson https://padlet.com/christi_carter/jvo6pt0cyezx/wish/222770789 Civilization: A formal government with a sort of laws, a system of writing, an economic surplus for storing or trade, a religious or philosophical belief to explain the world, and a central urban center.]]> 2018-01-19 13:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/christi_carter/jvo6pt0cyezx/wish/222770789 Jackson Hopper https://padlet.com/christi_carter/jvo6pt0cyezx/wish/222771977 A civilization is a gathering/groups of gatherings of people that establish surplus, allowing for specialization and the formation of governments. Generally, civilizations exhibit heightened cultural complexity of some kind, writing, laws, and urban centers.]]> 2018-01-19 13:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/christi_carter/jvo6pt0cyezx/wish/222771977 Dylan Torres https://padlet.com/christi_carter/jvo6pt0cyezx/wish/222771982 The main points I see repeated within the given definitions of society are: government, class division, surplus food, education, writing, and the creation of laws governing the people and their conduct. Once these have been meet you then can classify something as a civilization. ]]> 2018-01-19 13:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/christi_carter/jvo6pt0cyezx/wish/222771982 William Scott https://padlet.com/christi_carter/jvo6pt0cyezx/wish/222774787 As all the definitions include, urbanization is on of the key aspects in defining civilization. A government must also be present according to all except Gandhi. Gandhi only speaks of urbanization and the specialization of profession agriculture caused. There is more to a civilization than that. Agriculture introduced a change that was destined to be included in civilization which is social structure. The dictionary.com definition does not include this. As stated earlier, specialization did occur with the introduction of agriculture. Definition 3 says what caused it was the newly developing surplus while definition 2 acknowledges what came from it such as science. The second definition has more elements required than definition three. Writing is mentioned in most definitions and it is a large part of civilization. It allowed for trade, record keeping, etc. The last essential element is only given in the first and last definitions. These intellectual activities now define much of humans. Religion is not required. It was only listed once.]]> 2018-01-19 13:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/christi_carter/jvo6pt0cyezx/wish/222774787