Question

Note to players: specific answer required. According to Oswald Spengler, these things form when “cultures suddenly become rigid.” Carroll Quigley’s (10[1])work titled (-5[1])for The Evolution of these things describes a process by which these things convert instruments into institutions. Arnold Toynbee (10[1])examined 19 of these things in A Study of (10[1])History. Bernard (10[1])Lewis predicted a conflict between two of these things (10[1])in his article (-5[1])“The Roots of Muslim Rage,” (10[4])which influenced (10[2])a later work (10[1])that describes (10[1])Mexico (10[1])and Russia as “torn” between these (10[1])things. (10[1])Political (10[1])scientist (10[1])Samuel Huntington is best known (10[1])for a (10[1])book responding (10[1])to Francis (10[1])Fukuyama in which he posits that future wars will feature a (-5[1])“clash” (-5[1])of these things. (10[5]-5[2])For 10 points, (-5[1])name (-5[1])this term for complex societies, (10[1]-5[1])such (10[1])as “ancient” ones in Mesopotamia (10[1]-5[1])and the (10[1]-5[1])Indus River Valley. (10[2])■END■ (10[12])

ANSWER: civilizations [accept Western civilization]
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Summary

2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%92.33
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y8100%0%38%115.88
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y7100%0%29%105.71
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Drew Scheiner (UG)MissouriColorado College1910
Oscar DespardCambridge ACambridge C21-5
Sophie Higgs (DII)UW AAlberta4010
Qingyu ZhangUF AUF C4910
Tom HainesDurham AOxford B5110
Evan Moore (UG)Mississippi StateMcGill E6010
Joseph CollinsImperial BBirmingham63-5
Adam MonuskoMichigan BMichigan D (DII)6810
John Chen (UG)UBC ASFU6810
Biniam AlaroUF BFlorida State University A6810
Omer KeskinOxford ACambridge B6810
Luca Balescu (D2)Texas DWUSTL A7010
Andy HuffLSE ABristol A7010
Luke ZhangEmory AAlabama A7310
Piers MarchantCambridge DSouthampton7510
Michal GerasimiukStanford MStanford A7610
Joe Paterson (UG)Michigan State B (UG)Ohio State C (DII)8210
SimonOhio State ACWRU B8310
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (D2)NYU AOle Miss8410
Ian LuGeorgia Tech FTennesse A8510
Ryan SunBerkeley BBerkeley C9010
Nicholas NguyenUF DUCF B9210
Justin LeeImperial AManchester9410
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltWarwick B9610
Brynn JonesOregon StateIowa107-5
Rohan Navaneetha Raj (DII)Ohio State B (DII)Kenyon B (DII)108-5
Nathaniel HullBerkeley AStanford L11110
Will McCurleyAuburn AGeorgia Tech C111-5
Everett SegoTennesse BSouth Carolina A111-5
Elise Economou (DII)Pitt B (UG)Michigan State C (UG)11110
Shiva TegullaUCF AUF E11110
Christian SherringtonSouthampton AWarwick A11110
Lily MorrisBristol BLSE B11110
Alan Fan (DII)UW BUBC B114-5
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaTexas C115-5
Tarun KotiEmory BGeorgia Tech D12010
Oliver Thompson (DII)CWRU C (UG)Michigan C (UG)120-5
James CarrigyEdinburghDurham B12110
Gannon RiceClemson AGeorgia Tech A12610
Alex ThomasGeorgia Tech EAuburn C126-5
Kabir ZamanSouth Carolina ATennesse B12810
Aaron Garcia (UG)ArkansasNYU B128-5
Nitish SudhakarGeorgia Tech BAuburn B13110
Tai Belke (DII)UBC BUW B13110
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech CAuburn A13210
Coy MierAuburn CGeorgia Tech E13210
Ethan Shu (DII)CWRU D (DII)Kenyon A (UG)13210
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Daniel Lian (DII)Michigan C (UG)CWRU C (UG)13210
Keerthana Krishnan (D2)Texas CCentral Oklahoma13210
Arthur Zhang (D2)NYU BArkansas13210
Roan DowlingIowaOregon State13210
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Leighton KarpiniaFlorida Tech BUF F13210
Ian McDowellCambridge CCambridge A13210
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