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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 131 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.04 — 462,011 ratings — published 1997
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.94 — 75,022 ratings — published 2004
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,281,554 ratings — published 2011
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 31 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.18 — 290,205 ratings — published 2015
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.15 — 179,163 ratings — published 2018
Civilization: The West and the Rest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.86 — 10,364 ratings — published 2011
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.78 — 14,155 ratings — published
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,052,051 ratings — published 2006
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,233,030 ratings — published 1954
The Collapse of Complex Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,513 ratings — published 1988
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
by (shelved 18 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.07 — 133,858 ratings — published 2009
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.19 — 27,026 ratings — published 2021
Reliquary (Pendergast, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.04 — 50,863 ratings — published 1997
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.74 — 13,101 ratings — published 2014
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.09 — 64,281 ratings — published 2012
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.29 — 81,065 ratings — published 1995
Endgame, Vol. 1: The Problem of Civilization (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,207 ratings — published 2006
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis (Civilizations Rise and Fall, #3)
by (shelved 11 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.90 — 11,754 ratings — published 2019
Debt: The First 5,000 Years (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.21 — 27,343 ratings — published 2011
Stranger in a Strange Land (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.92 — 327,663 ratings — published 1961
Our Oriental Heritage (The Story of Civilization, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.30 — 3,627 ratings — published 1935
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.17 — 49,656 ratings — published 2015
Weslandia (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,111 ratings — published 1999
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.05 — 96,046 ratings — published 2005
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.16 — 29,756 ratings — published 2010
The Evolution of Civilizations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.39 — 315 ratings — published 1961
Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,949 ratings — published 2017
The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.78 — 11,127 ratings — published 2012
Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.01 — 105,065 ratings — published 1992
Story of Civilization (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,815 ratings — published 1975
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.19 — 32,632 ratings — published 2018
Why the West Rules—for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,973 ratings — published 2010
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,313,826 ratings — published 2011
A History of Civilizations (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,216 ratings — published 1963
From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,654 ratings — published 2000
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.81 — 47,057 ratings — published 1995
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,099,749 ratings — published 1932
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.22 — 426,451 ratings — published 2003
Energy and Civilization: A History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,164 ratings — published 2017
The Decline of the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,263 ratings — published 1918
The Lessons of History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.05 — 20,865 ratings — published 1968
The World Without Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.81 — 43,556 ratings — published 2007
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.87 — 35,515 ratings — published 2011
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,221 ratings — published 1860
Blindness (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.18 — 344,298 ratings — published 1995
A Short History of Progress (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.10 — 5,479 ratings — published 2004
Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.11 — 15,831 ratings — published 2022
The High King of Montival (Emberverse, #7)
by (shelved 6 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,925 ratings — published 2010
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as civilization)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,615 ratings — published 2021
Civilizations: Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as civilization)
avg rating 3.90 — 383 ratings — published 2000
“...But the Mahommedan religion increases, instead of lessening, the fury of intolerance. It was originally propagated by the sword, and ever since, its votaries have been subject, above the people of all other creeds, to this form of madness. In a moment the fruits of patient toil, the prospects of material prosperity, the fear of death itself, are flung aside. The more emotional Pathans are powerless to resist. All rational considerations are forgotten. Seizing their weapons, they become Ghazis—as dangerous and as sensible as mad dogs: fit only to be treated as such. While the more generous spirits among the tribesmen become convulsed in an ecstasy of religious bloodthirstiness, poorer and more material souls derive additional impulses from the influence of others, the hopes of plunder and the joy of fighting. Thus whole nations are roused to arms. Thus the Turks repel their enemies, the Arabs of the Soudan break the British squares, and the rising on the Indian frontier spreads far and wide. In each case civilisation is confronted with militant Mahommedanism. The forces of progress clash with those of reaction. The religion of blood and war is face to face with that of peace.”
― The Story of the Malakand Field Force
― The Story of the Malakand Field Force
“Where do you. come from?" Frank challenged, puffing his chest, a little bolder now that he could breathe. "Some of us are starting to wonder."
"I come from civilization," Lucius retorted. "You wouldn't be familiar with the territory. Now pick up the books.”
― Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
"I come from civilization," Lucius retorted. "You wouldn't be familiar with the territory. Now pick up the books.”
― Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
