Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome.

Christianity is the very root and foundation of Western civilization.

Overall, it seems that we have to accept that Western civilization will decline. It is, essentially, inevitable.

Western civilization shapes the content of my films, provides me with subjects that haven't been used before.

The birthplace of 'Western' civilization is generally agreed to be Greece, and its birth date is generally agreed to be some time during the 6th century B.C.E. Obviously, there is not one single dramatic moment that definitively started the whole thing.

What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.