... seem, that any perpetuation of cult- ure is only a meretricious display of influence on civilization. This is easily noticed by even the novice historian, as cultural remnants serve only as a distant mirror to the prog- enitors of modern civilization, whose existence today is a bizarre amalgamation of social conflict and confluence. The effects of war on civilization are not so readily noticed. The effects of a battle may not hearken the death of society immediately, but instead take a gradual toll, almost like the erosion of a boulder, or, to use a militaristic analogy, the cutting and hacking away at it. In the meantime, the efforts to improve the advantages of war making give a somewhat basal indication of how advanced a society is. Also, how it incorporates the various, and sometimes dissident, cultural factors into a cohesive whole are also just as fascinating. One such fascinating example would ...

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