Italy has long been the biggest threat to the survival of the European Union . Disse il giornale inglese <| sep |> Dude shipment is fun on TDM <| sep |> Literacy rarely precipitates civilization so your entire premise is bunkum . When I say literacy I meant the invention of written word . This has happened either two or three times in historyin mesopotamia , in mesoamerica , and possibly in China , and each time writing spread in these places , it led to the rapid advancement and sophistication of the society . i . e . , its development into a civilization . On the contrary a surplus always proceeds civilizations that invent literacy and proceeds the invention of literacy in such societies . You ' re saying that literacy doesn ' t precede civilization , but surplus does . which leads to writing . which leads to civilization . Your entire argument against what I ' m saying is utterly selfdefeating . You might want to examine your logic before writing things like this . Bunkum , as you say . And again , writing has only been invented thrice . The invention of farmingsurplus , as you insistonly led to civilisations that were literate in a vast minority of cases . But the ones with writing survived , so you have a distorted view . Literacy rarely precipitates civilization so your entire premise is bunkum . On the contrary a surplus always proceeds civilizations that invent literacy and proceeds the invention of literacy in such societies . Meanwhile preliterate societies tend to have very stable cultures relative to literate societies . Also , you should probably learn the difference between ' proceed ' and ' precede '.