From the lesson, a group of people with common practices, activities, and interests is called a .

When a group of people gather for common practice, activities and interests, they are make up society. Such people start to exchange experiences and views on interests, activities and practices, they can associate, work on, improve and create a community of common interests and preferences. When society's development over common interests reaches a high level, then a highly developed society, which in this way leaves a certain significance and trace in history, is a civilization.

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