Title: The Expanding of Civilization

Abstract: Roughly beginning in the first century, major civilizations started to expand beyond their places of birth. When settling down in a new land, people are committed to a specific religion and related institutions and customs. This can be described as “civilizational propagation.” In fact, this phenomenon can be seen as a kind of early regional globalization, and as preparations for and rehearsals of the present-day advanced form of globalization.

Keywords: civilization, propagation, religion, globalization

Author: Wei Ruan, Professor, Foreign Studies College, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China.