By the end of the tenth century, however, the civilization began to disintegrate.

This was the period when the Phoenician civilization began to develop.

They were losing many people and their civilization had begun to crumble.

There had been plenty of men with similar ideas since civilization began.

European civilization began to change beginning in 1500, leading to the scientific and industrial revolutions.

The next civilization will begin here on Earth herself.

The war zone that is Iraq is, after all, where civilization began.

That is as true at the end of the 20th century as it has been since civilization began.

Some historians believe that civilization itself began with the invention of table manners.

"This is one of the places where civilizations began," he said.