We may not have seen the collapse of whole civilizations in our day in this way, but we have seen the disappearance of large areas of formerly habitable earth. (religion-online.org)
The stones have been used to wipe out whole civilizations with a single gesture, and so the stones have been scattered throughout the universe. (inverse.com)
On the global scale, however, tribalism can operate in whole civilizations. (religion-online.org)