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- ↑ Bowden, Brett (July 2012). "Politics in a World of Civilizations: Long-term Perspectives on Relations between Peoples". Human Figurations: Long-term Perspectives on the Human Condition. 1 (2). Retrieved August 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Civilitas".
