twenty five civilizations

Amazingly, historians have only identified twenty-five separate and distinct civilizations in human history - notable exceptions being both the American Indians and the Australian Aborigines on the basis that their cultures were considered to be a bit on the 'savage' side.

These cultures were not 'builders' of monuments and had not evolved enough in cultural and industrial developments to be considered 'civilized' - they neither developed sophisticated writing systems nor industries - and yet in all other respects they were far more 'civilized' than the white nations that judged them, decimated them and usurped their lands.

That no credence of civilization is given to these cultures - despite evidence of their complex social systems - is a shameless political decision.

Of the twenty-five historically identified civilizations, only seven remain and the distinctions between them - except for the Islamic and Hindu civilizations - are blurring. In lay terminology, in order of longevity, the seven remaining civilizations are:

• the Chinese;


• the Japanese-Korean;


• the Western;


• the Turkish Orthodox;


• the Hindu;


• the Russian Orthodox; and


• the Islamic.

All seven of the surviving civilizations are related to former civilizations, notably the Sinic, Indic, Hellenic and Syriac.