Sentences with phrase «created by civilization»

Do you discount the possibly that we could have been created by another civilization?

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Where in Genesis does it tell who created the parallel civilization of Nod where the first human baby created by God (who killed the second human baby) went?
It is very speculative and if our universe has been created by an advanced civilization it would be impossible to prove.
But, as Rubin points out, this attempt to create a post-human hunter - gatherer who lives in mystic harmony with the whole remains deeply reliant upon the blessings of civilization, especially the peace secured by the Enlightenment.
It is understood that the benefits of civilization do not come automatically from the cornucopia of nature but must be continually created and renewed by human effort.
Basically, we have a bunch of parasites that benefit on the moral structure created by Christendom, who now pretend to destroy it, and civilization with it.
Asked to summarize the primary and most fundamental Lega position, I would identify an urgency to alert Italy to the crisis being created by Europe's massive uptick in inward migration from culturally disjunctive places at a time when the continent is apparently intent upon dismantling its own civilization.
Should we rejoice in or be frightened by the acceleration of those forces which created our technological civilization?
Impoverished people in underdeveloped agrarian societies, newly aware of the abundance enjoyed by the people of advanced industrial societies with a long history of civilized development, are demanding at once the benefits of civilization without creating the instruments necessary to produce them.
Therein, he seemed to give up his past attachment to California as a vessel and mirror for the aspirations of the East Coast Anglo - American, embracing an alternative historical context in which the American West appears as a Latinic civilization created by Spanish, French, and even English Catholics.
Overwhelmed by superior technology, better military organization, or a persuasive new ideology, the pioneering civilization at Brak and its environs became an adjunct of the south, which went on to create even grander city - states, bureaucracies, and empires.
He helped formulate the concept of seeking alien civilizations by listening for their radio broadcasts; he lobbied for nuclear disarmament, believing that atomic power should be wielded only for constructive effect; and he helped Charles and Ray Eames create Powers of Ten, perhaps the most stunning science movie ever filmed.
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In fact, many would state that they are simply upholding the traditional art of beautification created by their ancestors many civilizations ago.
Since the dawn of civilization, man has added value to life by creating special occasion dresses.
The game does not fell like a manager creating his own civilization but a survivor trying to deal with random **** thrown at you by the game.
Guided by floor - to - ceiling murals and maps, visitors to this child - created museum entered the transformed classrooms through giant, civilization - specific portals.
Although human civilization and domestic cats co-evolved side by side, the feral cat population was not created by humans.
The ancient Maya created one of the world's great civilizations without any knowledge of metallurgy, and though they knew of the mechanics of wheels and axles as evidenced by their toys, they seem never to have utilized them in their great building projects.
Command one of five different civilizations: the Britons, Franks, Mongols, Saracens, or Japanese; Control special «hero» units such as Richard the Lionheart, Robin Hood, Joan of Arc and Genghis Khan, whose special «hero» powers affect the entire battlefield; Lead over 45 different types of units into battle — from bowmen and monks to hand cannoneers, mercenaries and samurai; Players» can construct and upgrade buildings to help their units learn new skills and create resources for their civilizations; Research over 50 different technologies like chemistry, ballistics, siege craft and spying to advance civilization into the next age; A new Combat Advisor offers advice on certain campaign strategies and provides an assessment of the battle's outcome; Multi-player scenarios allow up to four players to wirelessly battle each other; By gaining Empire Points, players can unlock maps and units to improve their Emperor Rank.
Human civilization (which doesn't sound like it's doing all that great to begin with) has come under siege by gigantic creatures who live beneath the surface of the Earth, and it's up to you to create and control powerful mechs to fend them off.
Originally created by legendary game designer Sid Meier, Civilization is a turn - based strategy game in which you attempt to build an empire to stand the test of time.
My Time at Portia features gameplay elements inspired by the likes of Harvest Moon, Stardew Valley, and the Animal Crossing series mixed with Dark Cloud 2 and Steambot Chronicles, while creating its own unique world set in the lush backdrop of what remains of an ancient civilization.
Now, led by these seasoned veterans, the team at Firaxis is poised to create the most comprehensive Civilization experience to date in Civilization VI.
Players strategize to become Ruler of the World by creating and advancing civilization from the dawn of man and into space age.
An extensive turn - based strategy game that came out as the fifth installment in the Civilization series, a popular franchise created by Sid Meier.
My Cat Vs Zombies presents a bleak future in which humankind has been decimated by a zombie virus, and cats (being unaffected by the disease) have created an underground civilization.
CivCity: Rome, an innovative city builder inspired by the world of Sid Meier's Civilization, and created by a collaboration between Firefly Studios and Firaxis Games, invites players to shift focus from building a multi-city empire and zoom - in on the great cities of the Roman Empire, culminating in Rome itself!
Originally created by legendary game designer Sid Meier and published by 2K, Civilization is a turn - based strategy game in which you attempt to build an empire to stand the test of time.
The hand - drawn images of Johnson reflect a formative interest in 1980's science fiction, horror movies, video games and comic books, creating environments of ancient yet futuristic alien civilization populated by mystic characters like bat - faced demigods, gargoyles, worms and genderless pink humanoids that are contorted into ritualistic positions that waver between torture, rapture and worship.
Join us for the opening of an exhibition of works by students from the Sheridan College Ceramics Program, and a collaborative project created by students from the Bead & Read group and the Indigenous Visual Culture Program at OCAD University, in response to workshops led by artists Joanna O. Bigfeather and Jim Rivera from the Institute of American Indian Arts (Sante Fe, NM) and Kent Monkman's The Rise and Fall of Civilization.
The paintings by the Chicago - based Gordon employ a lush commingling of diverse stylistic references from Flemish artists to Persian miniature paintings to create her own whacky vision of the clash between urban civilization and the natural world.
We are excited and awed by the potential to create an intelligence which exceeds our own, however at the same time, in the hypothetical moment when artificial intelligence has progressed to the point of a greater - than - human intelligence, civilization and perhaps even what it means to be human changes radically.
New traveling exhibition created by Boston Children's Museum explores and expands understanding and appreciation of China, one of the oldest civilizations in the world.
By running our civilization on fossil fuels, we are both creating and destroying climates that our descendants will live in tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of years from now.
over the past 10,000 years has allowed establishment of human civilization, by making it possible to create large stationary agricultural farms because we
He (Farnish) believes — as the Hon Sir Jonathon Porritt does — that mankind is a blot on the landscape and that breeding (or for that matter, existence) should be discouraged: «In short, the greatest immediate risk to the population living in the conditions created by Industrial Civilization is the population itself.
In short, the greatest immediate risk to the population living in the conditions created by Industrial Civilization is the population itself.
It seems like a lot of jobs could be created by doing this and the other benefits would be huge (such as being able to continue our civilization).
Rather, we need to create a new clean energy economy in the same way we created our information economy: by identifying a set of well - defined technical problems and mobilizing the human resources of our technologically advanced civilization — our scientists, laboratories, universities, and engineers — to solve them.
In case you're unfamiliar with the term, geoengineering is essentially using a technological, engineering - based solution to solve climate problems that were created by human civilization.
The warmunists continually warn about the «risk», so far not in evidence, of «climate change», meaning of course the risk to our civilization created by our burning fossil fuels to sustain it.
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By combining the two sets of seemingly contradictory facts — alternative facts, we can see that while the Amazonian forests are certainly old - growth forests, having existed in their current states for hundreds, up to thousands, of years, they are not «virgin forest, primeval forest» at all but have actually been created by long - term interactions with the human civilizations that lived within theBy combining the two sets of seemingly contradictory facts — alternative facts, we can see that while the Amazonian forests are certainly old - growth forests, having existed in their current states for hundreds, up to thousands, of years, they are not «virgin forest, primeval forest» at all but have actually been created by long - term interactions with the human civilizations that lived within theby long - term interactions with the human civilizations that lived within them.
As ancient civilizations crumbled, absent sound leadership from elites, people responded by creating new, simpler social and economic arrangements that required smaller energy investments.
Our civilization has been created by harnessing mountain streams behind dams, pumping our limited groundwater, and conveying these waters vast distances to support expanding populations.
Driving his work are two main convictions: 1) Our current environmental problems — climate change, biodiversity losses, peak fossil fuels, natural resource over consumption — are but symptoms of the greater problem of fetishizing material economic growth; and 2) only by first changing our minds, recognized the literal and metaphorical interconnected nature of all life, will we make the lasting external changes required to create an ecologically sustainable civilization.
The relatively stable climate over the past 10,000 years has allowed establishment of human civilization, by making it possible to create large stationary agricultural farms because we could rely on stable weather patterns.
While Minecraft might be devoid of a back story, we do see the evidence of some sort of past civilization in the abandoned mine shafts, strongholds, and vanilla dungeons and the more sophisticated dungeons created by MCDungeons fit right into the general feel.
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