The stability of modern civilizations thus rests on ... Its innovation and higher education institutions are world-renowned. Potential Collapse Timeline: Unlikely to face collapse in the near ...

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Between 1300 and 1600 the Western world was transformed. An extraordinary wave of artistic and cultural innovation shattered medieval society and brought European culture reluctantly into the ...