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  1. Civilization is a highly developed human
  2. society with structured division of labour.
  3. In anthropology, civilization is defined as
  4. an advanced sociopolitical stage of cultural
  5. evolution, whereby a centralized government
  6. (over a city, ceremonial centre, or larger
  7. region called a state) is supported by the
  8. taxation of surplus production, and rules the
  9. agricultural and, often, mercantile base. 
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  11. Subject by: Simone Bennett
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