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  1. There is an interesting work by Norbert Elias “On the process of civilization”, where he connected this very process with “cultivation”, the complexity of etiquette, the growth of behavioral restrictions in culture. The foundation of civilization is thus the shackles of culture on our bestial nature.

    1. The presence of a large continuously communicating continent, preferably located in a temperate climate zone, the larger the better.
    2. The presence of plant crops rich in all sorts of useful nishtyaki.�
    1. The presence of large animals suitable for domestication. For example, you managed to tame a wild horse or wild boar. But African zebras or hippos are not, because of their aggressive nature. And in the Americas, there were no such animals at all.
    2. Close proximity to animals allows a person to eventually acquire immunity to many viruses and diseases.
    3. As a result of the cultivation of plants and the domestication of animals, the number of human communities increases dramatically, labor productivity increases, there is a need to count all the good, and the beginnings of writing appear.
    4. The appearance of surpluses does not allow all people to engage only in food production, people of other professions appear.
    5. In the end, to manage everything, the monarch appears and let's go.

  3. Civilization is primarily a product (method) of the activity (existence) of a community of people, first for the purpose of survival, then for the development and adaptation of the environment for their comfortable existence. Everything else probably follows from here.

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