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The New International Encyclopædia/Civilization

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1330417The New International Encyclopædia — Civilization

CIVILIZATION. In general, the condition of more advanced peoples in contradistinction to those classed as barbaric and savage. Specifically, that stage of human culture characterized by social organization based on the recognition of proprietary rights, especially in land; the third stage in human development. See Man, Science of.