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“Meaning of Civilization is, Urbanization, which is the adaptation to the city life and culture; the technical meaning of civilization is the term, the concrete of the culture and items of technical equipment.” From the eastern literature; City means “sehr” and the other word for the same meaning is “Medine”. Civilization means “Medeniyet” coming from the same root of the term “Medine”. The term of the civilization is of the same root from Western literature. For example; during the time of the Roman civilization, there was a civil-law legal system for the citizens of Rome, which was the centre for Roman Empire. However, the citizens of Rome had an “Ius Civile”. It provided the laws for the people who lived in the city. The provision is similar for both literatures. The term “Medeniyet” is used in Ottoman literature after the 19th century. Before this time period, the words “imar”, “ümran” and “ma’mur” were popular. But I have to say that “Civilization” is better-termed for the Western Literature and “Medeniyet” for the Eastern/Islamic Literature. There was also a similar dilemma for this term as in the time of the Romans. Coincidentally, when Prophet Mohammed moved from Mekke to Medine, the city was then called “Yesrib”. After the movement of the Prophet, it was called “Medine” which means the city where people live with the religion as a free thought.