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Note to players: specific answer required. According to Oswald Spengler, these things form when “cultures suddenly become rigid.” Carroll Quigley’s work titled for The Evolution of these things describes a process by which these things convert instruments into institutions. Arnold Toynbee examined 19 of these things in A Study of History. Bernard Lewis predicted a conflict between two of these things in his article “The Roots of Muslim Rage,” (10[1])which influenced a later work that describes Mexico and Russia as “torn” between these (10[1])things. (10[1])Political scientist Samuel Huntington is best known for a book responding to Francis Fukuyama in which he posits that future wars will feature a “clash” (-5[1])of these things. (10[1])For 10 points, name this term for complex societies, (-5[1])such as “ancient” ones in Mesopotamia and the Indus River Valley. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: civilizations [accept Western civilization]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Adam MonuskoMichigan BMichigan D (DII)6810
Joe Paterson (UG)Michigan State B (UG)Ohio State C (DII)8210
SimonOhio State ACWRU B8310
Rohan Navaneetha Raj (DII)Ohio State B (DII)Kenyon B (DII)108-5
Elise Economou (DII)Pitt B (UG)Michigan State C (UG)11110
Oliver Thompson (DII)CWRU C (UG)Michigan C (UG)120-5
Ethan Shu (DII)CWRU D (DII)Kenyon A (UG)13210
Daniel Lian (DII)Michigan C (UG)CWRU C (UG)13210
Elias Kradel (DII)Kenyon B (DII)Ohio State B (DII)13210

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
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y8100%0%38%95.13
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%33%79.67
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y5100%0%0%90.40
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y11100%0%18%96.45