Civilization

Civilization

Introduction

The word 'Civilization' is of Latin origin, derived from the Latin word 'Civilis' representing the English word 'Civil'. The transition of this word to the meaning with which it is known today is long and has gone through many phases.

Discussion

It is marked by the release of 'Corpus Juris Civilis', collection of Roman Civil Law in the Byzantine Era of 6th century. The collection was developed under the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian. The collection resurfaced later in the 11th century; discovered by few professors at the first ever university; University of Bologna, opened in the Western Europe. This discovery started ...