Civilization (disambiguation)

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The word civilization refers to a certain kind of human culture.

• for a definition and extended discussion of aspects of civilization see that article
• for more on historical civilizations, see Category:Civilizations, Category:Ancient peoples, or Category:Former empires
• civilization can also mean a significantly different current culture or complex of cultures, e.g. the Islamic Civilization or Western Culture
• civilization can also refer to other possible types of civilization, Earth-based or alien, built on other foundations than Western/global civilization is based

Civilization may also refer to:

In gaming:

• Civilization (board game), a board game by Francis Tresham
• Civilization (series), a series of turn-based strategy games for the PC consisting among others of
  • Civilization (computer game), the original computer game created by Sid Meier and published by MicroProse in 1991
  • Civilization II, published by MicroProse in 1996
  • Civilization: Call to Power, published by Activision in 1999
  • Civilization II: Test of Time, published by MicroProse in 1999
  • Civilization III, developed by Firaxis Games and released in 2001
    • Civilization III: Play the World, the first expansion pack
    • Civilization III: Conquests, the second expansion pack
  • Civilization IV, developed by Soren Johnson for Firaxis Games and released in 2005
    • Civilization IV: Warlords, the first official expansion pack
    • Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, the second official expansion pack
  • Civilization Revolution developed by Firaxis Games to be released in 2008
• Sid Meier's Civilization: The Boardgame, a board game based on the strategy computer game series published by Eagle Games

In music:

• Civilization, Phaze III, a double CD by Frank Zappa
• Civilization (album), an album by Vancouver industrial band Front Line Assembly
• "Civilization" (song), a popular song by Carl Sigman

In film, video and audio:

• Civilisation: A Personal View, a popular television series, by Kenneth Clark, outlining the history of Western society
• "Civilization" (Enterprise episode), a first season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
• Civilization (film), a 1916 pacifist allegorical film about a submarine commander who refuses to fire at a civilian ocean liner
• Chris Addison's Civilisation, (or just "Civilisation"), BBC Radio 4 comedy lecture series by Chris Addison