The document discusses how clashes between civilizations have reshaped world politics over time. It provides definitions of key terms like "civilization" and "politics" and gives a brief history of pre-modern world civilizations. It then argues that clashes between civilizations, like the religious wars in Europe and the Cold War ideological battle between communism and capitalism, have significantly impacted the international system and global affairs by shaping events and geopolitical outcomes. Specifically, the emergence of China's economic power poses a challenge to the existing global economic balance of power and could further reshape world politics.

1. IS A CLASH OF CIVILIZATION RESHAPING WORLD POLITICS
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CIVILIZATION

2. DEFINITATIONS
There are several definitions provided by historians and sociologist, that define civilization as -
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IS A CLASH OF CIVILIZATION RESHAPING WORLD POLITICS
- CLASH: an inconvenient coincidence
of timing of events or activities.
- According to the Oxford English
Dictionary; it defines CIVILIZATION
as; The stage of human social
development and organization
which is considered most advanced.
- POLITICS: activities aimed at
improving someone’s status or
increasing power within an
organisation

3. BRIEF HISTORY
In order to understand, the clash of civilization reshaping world politics; a brief history
offers an understanding of what is current today and what is ahead in the future.
PRE – MODERN WORLD CIVILIZATIONS
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Chinese
Egyptian
Western

4. EVOLUTION OF CIVILIZATION – major contemporary civilizations
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Western
African
Islamic
Hindu -
Indian
Latin American
Sinic - Chinese
Japanese
Orthodox - Russian

5. IS THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATION RESHAPING WORLD POLITICS
* Overtime the clash of civilizations has greatly reshaped world politics, for example;
it was the religious wars ( 30 years war in Europe ) that provided the Westphalia
treaty of 1684, this development clearly demonstrates that the clash of civilizations (
religious ) resulted into the reshaping of world politics into an international concept.
* It is also witnessed that the clash of civilizations reshapes world politics, for
example; after the second World War, the emergence of the Cold War between two
super powers – the Soviet Union and the United States was mostly ideological,
therefore the clash of ideological concepts of communism vs capitalism was a clash
of different civilizations ( Orthodox vs Western ). This also demonstrates a clash of
civilization and how it can reshape world politics.

6. CONCLUSION
Despite the superior empires of the
orient, and several civilizations, the West
is the only civilizations that has had
dominance over the rest propelled by
scientific revolution, enlightenment, and
industry.
The change of economic dominance especially in
China provides a challenge in the economic
balance within the global market – it is
increasingly seen that this emergence has
impacted on global affairs in respect of trade
and investment within the developing world as
well as the developed world – this one impact
alone clearly shows that the clash of civilizations
can reshape world politics, this may also result
in how domestic and international issues of a
nation are addressed, either politically, socially
or economically, but most importantly the
adaptation and maintaining of cultural values
plays a major role that may not be readily visible

7. References
• Niall Ferguson (2011) Civilization: the West and the Rest: Penguin
• Samuel. P. Huntington Simon and Schuster ( 1996 ) the clash of
Civilizations and the remaking of world order;