civilization
noun
an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached.
precivilization
-
a word derived from
civilization.
Example Sentences
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Like all artists of precivilization, the Assyrians placed adornment before convenience, as appeared in Nineveh on the Tigris and Babylon on the Euphrates.
From Some Cities and San Francisco, and Resurgam by Hubert Howe Bancroft
