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Introduction What is civilization? What is culture? The significance of possessing the knowledge of European Culture. Definition of civilization Civilization (or civilization, from the Latin civilis, meaning civil, related to the Latin civis, meaning citizen, and civitas, meaning city or city-state) is a sometimes controversial term that has been used in several related ways. Primarily, the term has been used to refer to the material and instrumental side of human cultures that are complex in terms of technology, science, and division of labor. Such civilizations are generally hierarchical