This will foster greater communication and mutual understanding between our two great civilizations.

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The name of the tournament derives from this alka or ring, a word whose Turkish origin reflects the historical co-existence and cultural exchange between two different civilizations.

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Mr. GARY ORFIELD (Professor of Education and Director of Civil Rights Project, Harvard University): You also see that this line has been drawn between city and suburb, as if we were two different civilizations.

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In his Culture novels we glimpse the ongoing war between two massive space civilizations.

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However, China and Israel share the distinction of being the two oldest, continuous civilizations.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Israel's opening to China

Istanbul: This exotic city, crossroads of numerous civilizations and two continents, has lately been infused with a young, hip, design-driven energy as a generation educated abroad returns home to make its mark on the city's social scene.

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NASA's Kepler observatory is designed to explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and civilizations traces of exoplanets and has clocked up around two thousand unconfirmed sightings.

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The Section of Museum and Cultural Objects of UNESCO is developing two pilot installations which deal with remembering, historicizing and rediscovering the relationships that have existed between different civilizations and cultures within the Mediterranean and Nile basins.

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