Civilization: definition proposal
By
civilization we mean a human settlement with the following criteria:
- urban concentrations
- work specialization
- writing as an accounting and memorizing technology
- commerce, sustained by a fiduciary technology
- an extended geographical area
- centralized powers
- a culture
This is where
pyramidal intelligence flies off.
There are heated debates about additional criteria such as expansion and hegemonic will as another remarkable characteristic of civilizations. Let's keep with this minimal shortlist on which most specialists seem to agree.
As for the State
? term, we will refer to its archaic forms (undifferentiated executive, legislative and religious powers) as well as its contemporary ones (separation of powers). Here again, there are many contradictory definitions regarding the dynamics and ultimate finalities of the State.