Civilization as a Cyclical Human Process. Guo, R. In An Economic Inquiry into the Nonlinear Behaviors of Nations, pages 139–172. Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2017. 00000
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Most, if not all, natural disasters that occur stochastically do not have any positive effects on human civilization; in contrast, it was the cyclical natural phenomena and disasters that helped humans to invent and advance their civilizations. In the Eastern Hemisphere, the earliest riverine civilizations were highly dependent on the cyclical changes of meteorological and other environmental conditions. Research on cycles and cycle-like phenomena has never stopped since ancient times, and it has become the most dynamic part of a nonlinear civilization. In general, the most significant research progress was achieved during two major periods. The first period started at the early stage of civilizations, in which human beings had a crying need to develop a calendar. The second period lasted from the late nineteenth century till the end of the Cold War, with the interwar period being the most productive years of research. In this stage, scientists set out to discover, understand, and explain the true nature and origin of cycles; to solve the mystery of recurrent rhythms observed in natural and the social sciences; and to instruct others in the application of this new knowledge
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	abstract = {Most, if not all, natural disasters that occur stochastically do not have any positive effects on human civilization; in contrast, it was the cyclical natural phenomena and disasters that helped humans to invent and advance their civilizations. In the Eastern Hemisphere, the earliest riverine civilizations were highly dependent on the cyclical changes of meteorological and other environmental  conditions.  Research  on  cycles  and  cycle-like  phenomena  has never stopped since ancient times, and it has become the most dynamic part  of  a  nonlinear  civilization.  In  general,  the  most  significant  research  progress was achieved during two major periods. The first period started at the early stage of civilizations, in which human beings had a crying need to develop a calendar. The second period lasted from the late nineteenth century till the end of the Cold War, with the interwar period being the most productive  years  of  research.  In  this  stage,  scientists  set  out  to  discover,  understand, and explain the true nature and origin of cycles; to solve the mystery of recurrent rhythms observed in natural and the social sciences; and to instruct others in the application of this new knowledge},
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