Civilisations

noun

1. An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political or technical development.

   "Modern civilization is a product of industrialization and globalization."

2. Human society, particularly civil society.

   "A hermit doesn't much care for civilization."

3. The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.

   "The teacher's civilization of the child was no easy task."

4. The state or quality of being civilized.

   "He was a man of great civilization."

5. The act of rendering a criminal process civil.