First importance is food: if your situation is a relatively safe one, chances are your population will grow and you'll need to feed them. The changes in civilizations regarding f… See more

Technological advances include both social and physical constructions that support a growing population: 1. the presence of large, non-domestic buildings constructed to be share… See more

Finally, political structures seen in complex societies include: 1. the rise of trade or exchange networks, in which communities share goods with one another, leading to 2. the presen… See more

The concept of a civilization has a fairly grubby past. The idea of what we consider a civilization grew out of the 18th-century movement known as the Enlightenment, and civilizat… See more