Sentence examples for about the civilisation from inspiring English sources

"People think the West cares more about the civilisation than about the people who created or initiated this civilisation".

They say it's offensive, puerile and we should hold our tongues lest we bring about the collapse of civilisation.

For many, the failure of "Y2K" to bring about the collapse of western civilisation was the final blow.This is not to say that all is quiet on the political fringe.

The Temple of Horus at Edfu is wonderfully preserved and, under Mohammed's guidance, adults and children were learning more and more about the ancient civilisation.

The Maya scribes during the peak centuries of the civilisation wrote about great events, kings and nobles in a language that did not change much through the years.

Weslandia by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes Walkerr, £4.99) is a sly, quirky tale about Wesley, an outcast from the civilisation around him in Suburban America.

That view is quite difficult to sustain if you know any of the basic facts about Mayan civilisation or the Spanish conquest.

You start fulminating about the collapse of civilisation.

Some of the regulars deplore that, but it hasn't yet brought about the end of civilisation.

Moriarty is engaged in a dual pursuit: bringing about the collapse of civilisation and tracking down the gypsy girl Sim (Noomi Rapace), who doesn't want to be found.

Whether or not this says something about the decline of civilisation, it's certainly a tribute to the modern literary phenomenon that is Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.