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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 (10[1])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 (10[1])in his article “The Roots of Muslim Rage,” which influenced (10[1])a later work that describes Mexico and Russia as “torn” between these things. Political (10[1])scientist Samuel Huntington is best known for a book responding to Francis Fukuyama in which he posits that future wars will feature a (-5[1])“clash” of these things. For 10 points, name (-5[1])this term for complex societies, such as “ancient” ones in Mesopotamia and the (-5[1])Indus River Valley. ■END■ (10[4])

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
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

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