Ancient Egypt, China and Mesopotamia are all frequently cited as long-lasting civilizations, enduring for thousands of years. But which of these societies lasted the longest? It turns out, that's not ...

China’s rise gave us the opportunity to compare Western supranational cultural space to another such supranational cultural space — China. It was the rise of China that gave us this opportunity to ...

Mohsin Hamid's new collection plays on the title of Sigmund Freud's classic Civilization and Its Discontents, but critic Michael Schaub says these... "The first requisite of civilization ... is that ...

Historian Thomas Cahill’s New York Times bestselling book “How the Irish Saved Civilization” revealed the key role the Irish have played in preserving the rich human history from fallen Rome. By ...

An opinion piece published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences, urgently calls for more research into the specific ...