Sentence examples for eastern civilization from inspiring English sources

It's not just the birth of Middle Eastern civilization; it's really the foundation for all Western civilization and also, to a large degree, Eastern civilization".

Possessing the oldest Eastern civilization, China has powerfully influenced the others.

The most favoured instrument of ancient Middle Eastern civilization, the harp, was gradually overshadowed by both long- and short-necked lutes.

He believes that the game represents "everything valued by Western civilization, and maybe Eastern civilization: intelligence, judgment, study, hard work, intuition, calmness under pressure — all of that is on the line with chess".

As a result there are no real world powers, but rather three playable factions that include a Western Civilization, Middle Eastern Civilization and Far Eastern Civilization.

Near Eastern antiquities, the second newest department, dates from 1881 and presents an overview of early Near Eastern civilization and "first settlements", before the arrival of Islam.

Historians of religion have applied the term to similar themes and concepts in the religions of nonliterate peoples, ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures, and Eastern civilizations.

Influential texts like Samuel Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order" take a drubbing for assuming monolithic Western and Eastern civilizations.

The feature that made European civilization preeminent in the world since 1500 ce is, according to McNeill, its great instability, giving it an ever-renewing, dynamic quality that upset and overrode the ancient cultural balance of Eastern civilizations.

8 P.M. (13, 49) CIVILIZATION: THE WEST AND THE REST WITH NIALL FERGUSON Professor Ferguson, below, who teaches history at Harvard, concludes his exploration of the West's economic ascendancy based on his six principles of prosperity -- competition, science, modern medicine, democracy, consumerism and work ethic -- and explains why Eastern civilizations may now be taking the lead.

Porter, A: Mobile Pastoralism and the Formation of Near Eastern Civilizations: Weaving Together Society.