early civilization

collocation in English

meaningsofearlyandcivilization

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withcivilization.
early
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˈɜː.li/us
/ˈɝː.li/
near the beginning of a period of time, or before the usual, expected, or ...
See more atearly
civilization
noun
uk
/ˌsɪv.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɪv.əl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
human society with its well developed social organizations, or the culture and way of life of a society or country at a particular period ...
See more atcivilization

(Definition ofearlyandcivilizationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofearly civilization

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Each of these centers ofearlycivilizationdeveloped a unique and characteristic style in its art.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Historical evidences showearlycivilizationon the bank of this river.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
How to fuse the archaeological dates with historical dates is a challenge to all chronological studies ofearlycivilization.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The people in thisearlycivilizationwere surrounded by water from the rivers, so it was easy to divert water and form man-made rivers for trade and irrigation.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The emergence of arithmetical techniques is closely linked to the invention of writing and the opportunities offered by this new medium in the so-called early civilizations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In many early civilizations, calendar systems were developed.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Precise dating of many of the early civilizations is difficult because there are few text sources.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Even early civilizations considered both exile and death as equal punishments.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
This distribution of weight allowed early civilizations to create stable monumental structures.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
He believed that early civilizations were not stratified based on property.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
He believed there were no true class conflicts, but only power struggles between the political elite in early civilizations.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofearly
Go to the definition ofcivilization
See other collocations withcivilization