The phrase "those civilisations" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used when referring to specific civilisations that have already been mentioned or are known to the speaker and listener. For example: - "Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia were two of the most advanced civilisations of their time. However, those civilisations eventually declined and were replaced by newer ones." - "The Mayan and Aztec civilisations were known for their impressive architectural structures. I find those civilisations fascinating to learn about." - "Among all the civilisations that have existed, those civilisations that prioritized the arts and literature continue to influence us today."
The main concerns are conceptions of time and temporality, the uses of the past, historical periodisation, historical categorisation, and the constitution of historical objects, not least those called "civilisation" and "Islam".
There can't possibly be any brand confusion because no one's going to mix up those two ancient civilisations.
What is clear is that the cultural energy of the few thousand farming folk of Orkney dwarfed those of other civilisations at that time.
They abound in the records of Athenian democracy and of pre-imperial Rome; and surely in those of other civilisations, such as the Hindu epics, of which Johnson must confess his ignorance.Not by accident either.
The inhabitants of the city, along with those from similar civilisations, believed the universe had three levels, connected by an axis: the celestial plane, the earthly plane and the underworld, which wasn't the Biblical place of fiery punishment but a dark, watery realm of creation, with lakes and mountains – it signified riches and rebirth as well as death.
Hitchens can't help himself from inveighing against any "lame and diseased attempt to arrive at a moral equivalence between those who defend civilisation and those who exploit its freedoms to hollow it out".
The strongest civilisations are those without memory - those capable of complete forgetfulness.
"The only ones who could depart this civilisation were those whose special role is to depart it: a scientist is given permission to leave, a priest is given permission.
Its appearance divides all pre-Greek civilisations from those that are post-Greek.
The battle of Cyprus is often depicted, especially by the Italian far right, as the moment that we defeated Islam, and it's described as a clash of civilisations as though those two civilisations were two solid blocks," he says, punching his fists together in demonstration of his point.
