The phrase "rich civilization" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a society that has a high level of cultural, economic, and social development.
Example: "The ancient Greeks are often celebrated for their rich civilization, which contributed significantly to art, philosophy, and politics."
Alternatives: "flourishing culture" or "prosperous society."
Water supported crops, which in turn supported a flourishing, culturally rich civilization.
During their explorations, the men heard tales of a rich civilization in the interior.
But a big company can't afford that, any more than a rich civilization can afford beautiful buildings, as E. F. Schumacher said".
The museum describes itself as devoted to "the history of Polish Jews and the rich civilization they created over the course of almost 1000 years".
Growing up, however, meant that my world-view now included Hitler and his mobs, goose-stepping Nazi soldiers in shiny black boots, and a rich civilization bent on creating both horror at home and its own ruin.
Indeed, when they arrived in the state of Israel from the Arab world in the 1940's and 50's, Sephardim underwent a forced process of de-Arabization, losing their native tongue, Arabic, which led to a complete abandonment of the deep ties they once had with the rich civilization of the Middle East and set them at the very bottom of the social and economic ladder in the new state.
"We are by far the richest civilization that has ever existed," he continues, "but we are just as far from the word 'enough' or from satisfaction, if not further, than at any time in the distinct 'primitive' past".
They reflect two of our richest civilizations, two broad religious traditions and a vast share of the world's artistic heritage — and its future.
The largest, oldest, richest civilizations appeared and met in Asia.
Although the early conquistadores had heard from the Indians about a fabulously rich Amazonian civilization, which they named El Dorado, the searches for it invariably ended in disaster.
India's whole history — what has created its rich syncretic civilization of Turko-Persian gems like the Taj Mahal and the elaborate Hindu temples of Orissa — is a story of waves of Muslim invaders in turn killing, interacting with and ultimately being influenced by indigenous Hindus.
