Afghanistan is no banana republic; it is a 5,000-year-old 5,000-year-old 5,000-year-old
Rome has again given proof of its 2,000-year 2,000-yearon".
Call them Mexico 95, Mexico 82, and the fall of civilization.
It's the end of civilization, and it's also business as usual.
The Turkish Government should acknowledge the destruction of Anatolian Armenia -- what was, until 1915, a 3,000-year-old 3,000-year-old 3,000-year-old
The opening section of his next speculative tract, Das Unbehagen in der Kultur (1930; Civilization and Its Discontents), was devoted to what Rolland had dubbed the oceanic feeling.
"It's the music from our 5,000-year 5,000-yearon that's now worthless," added Mr. Qian, who now also makes his living at Manhattan subway stations.
Iranians want to be seen "as a populous, powerful, and responsible country that is heir to a great empire and home to a 2,500-year-old 2,500-year-old 2,500-year-old
As part of Adam Smith's course "The Rise and Fall of 'Civilization'", students are examining the historical and archaeological assumptions embedded within the algorithms of one of the most popular video games of the last decade: "Civilization".
A third standout is Paul Chan's extraordinary "Happiness (Finally) After 35,000 Years of Civilization -- After Henry Darger and Charles Fourier," a DVD animation that builds on the trials and tribulations of the Vivian Girls, the intrepid heroines of the great outsider artist Henry Darger.
