Oooo... tough call.... civilization... eeek... civil... given
the behaviors of individuals that live within geographical
boundaries under a common set of laws with enforcers of that law
in various forms, along with other sets of laws with enforcers
that are unwritten (I think mean-girls as one example)...
... it's hard for me to see civilization as a reality either.
I can, at present only go with cultures and subcultures. I'm
'atheist' (metaphorically speaking) to "society" and
"civilization".
Odd too, because I had once considered becoming a sociologist.