When you stand in front of the mirror, has it ever occurred to you that you belong to a particular civilization and your clothes, culture, language and may be even some of your personality traits are a mark of the particular civilization. The origin of civilization may interest you but, the growth of civilization is far more an important aspect of the same. The growth is considered to be a mark of development of a civilization. On the contrary, sustainable growth of civilization is something that would ensure the continuity of the progress of the civilization.
In simpler words, civilization can be understood as ‘sophisticated and peaceful communities’ existing on the earth. Civilization differs from a society because civilization is marked with the growth of the community while the society can remain static as well. As per the theory of Toynbee, life-cycle of a civilization constitutes the birth, growth and a final break-point of the civilization. Toynbee states that a civilization is born as a result of response to the challenges faced by it. For example, the ancient civilization such that of Egypt was formed due to the physical challenges it faced to set up a settlement along the valley. Similarly, other ancient civilizations without predecessors are formed as a result of its response to the physical challenges faced by the civilization. After the birth of the civilization, it undergoes a time of growth and a final breaking point, where it is faced by a gregarious challenge which it cannot face. Hence the civilization crumbles when it encounters an exterior or interior attack or else it submerges with another culture. (Blaha) For instance, the civilization of Meso-America ultimately submerged with that of Spain. (Guisepi)
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...ned growth rather than the growth which would gradually fade off. Growth of civilization is therefore, an important aspect in the present arena of human civilizations.
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