Definition of civilization | Bee Dictionary of English

n a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization
n the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization
n a particular society at a particular time and place
early Mayan civilization
n the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
he is remembered for his generosity and civilization

B.C. business leader Robert C. Wilband appointed to Board of Trustees, Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation
GATINEAU, QC, June 13, 2013 /CNW/ - The Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation is pleased to welcome Robert C. Wilband of Vancouver, B.C., to its Board of Trustees. Mr. Wilband is a business leader ...
June 13, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Travel: Museum hopes to transform France's crime-hit Marseille
A new flagship museum dedicated to Mediterranean civilization in Marseille is hoping to shake off the southern metropolis' reputation as France's deadliest city with a drastic cultural makeover.
June 13, 2013 - Contra Costa Times
Media Contacts
Civilization as we know it is coming apart according to the editorial board of The New York Times.
June 12, 2013 - National Center For Policy Analysis

Al Gore in USA Today
It is the first time in the history of civilization in which the carriers of a genuine plague have not been isolated from the general population, and in which this deadly disease for which there is no cure is being treated as a civil rights issue... Mike Huckabee http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Huckabee&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEoSIK1vNSmaBjF6g8bzwLCkxvsCg Los Angeles Times http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-huckabee12dec12,0,5514341.story%3Fcoll%3Dla-home-center&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGNL0X25s5z4D9CSkZW3T4oajAKeA Dec 11, 2007 18062 25423 civilization It is time to make peace with the planet," Gore said in his acceptance speech in which he quoted Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi and the Bible. "We must quickly mobilize our civilization with the urgency and resolve that has previously...
Osama bin Laden in International Herald Tribune
To Western nations ...... this speech is to understand the core reason of the war between our civilization and your civilizations. I mean the Palestinian cause,bin Laden said at the conclusion of his message.