Much of this is widespread — civilization-wide, taking in the suburbs of Ottawa and Brussels as much as the Bronx.
But where they settled, towns of the widespread Middle Bronze Age civilization of Palestine emerged.
Historically, bacteria have been the responsible for some of the most deadly diseases and widespread epidemics of human civilization.
Human influence on the climate system is clear and recent anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are the highest in the history of human civilization with widespread climate change impacts on life and life support systems in recent times (IPCC 2013).
Scientists have said it would take an asteroid a mile wide or larger to cause widespread devastation that could threaten civilization.
The ultimate self-made, self-taught man, Tarzan ratified the "widespread sense that modern technological civilization created restrictions, frustrations, ordinariness that entailed special losses for men".
Beyond that point, the catastrophic effects of rising sea levels, unstable climate and widespread drought could ravage human civilization, scientists predict.
Gluten is a common ingredient in the human diet; after sugar, it is perhaps the second most widespread food substance in Western civilization.
Now we are beginning to see that participation in the benefits of the machine civilization must be as widespread as possible if any group is to have prosperity".
This important book seeks to correct the widespread notion of a "clash of civilizations".
Its use was particularly widespread during the Classic period of Maya civilization (c. 250 900 AD).
