What do the terms ''savages'' or ''barbarians'' imply in the context of contemporary understandings of civilization, and how have Indian peoples come to be described by these expressions?

Civilization IV Tech-Tree SnafuIf you opened your copy of Civilization IV today and found a French-language tech tree card you will be delighted to hear that you weren't the only one, for a change ...

Traces of Akkadian live on in languages like Arabic and Hebrew, and the basic achievements of the Akkadian-speaking people of ancient times are directly linked to our modern civilization.

Due to an assembly error a number of people who have bought Civilization IV have found themselves with a French language tech tree poster, where an English language ...

Felix Gallet, Arbre généalogique des langues mortes et vivantes, gravé par Geusler de Genève (Paris, ca. 1800). Graphic Arts GAX 2011- in process Purported to be the first tree of languages, Felix ...

On a small island 750 miles off the coast of India, one woman's death marked the end of an ancient civilization. Bao Sr was 85, as best she knew, when she died last week. She was the oldest ...

LANGUAGE is viewed at an unusual angle in this work, which describes the interweaving of language with the other activities of mind. It is the philosophy rather than the analysis of language it ...

After last year’s hurricanes, Central Floridians might consider oak trees a menace, wondering which remaining trees will be next to come crashing down. But after reading a few pages of Willia… ...