More than 80 million people live in Henan, along the Yellow River where Chinese civilization emerged several thousand years ago.

Higher civilization is emerging here.

This is the point when historians agree civilization emerged from the Dark Ages and began a new period of intellectual enlightenment.

If war-bent - always a safe assumption - such a civilization could emerge as the new masters of Earth.

In this region, the Mesoamerican civilization would emerge and reign from c.1400-400 BCE.

As Earth recovers, a new civilization slowly emerges from the devastation as cities expand, industry and technology advance, and the population grows rapidly.

In direct contrast to the society that had existed prior to the Clone Wars, a sterile, emotionally dead civilization emerged.

They would not know for another few centuries that a technical civilization has emerged on Earth.

Various new civilizations have emerged in a struggle for control of available resources.

Ancient Jewish civilization emerged there and can only be understood through a comparative study of the cultures of neighboring Middle Eastern peoples.