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    A civilizational space being split into two parts: Additional realistic cases of this?

    Since I explicitly named these as archetypical examples, I would obviously view them as examples, yes. Answering your own question there. Obviously a "no". The opportunity for that has passed, and I think it may have passed as early as the late 19th century, when the USA committed to...
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    A civilizational space being split into two parts: Additional realistic cases of this?

    This would suggest that North Korea has turned into a wholly separate mini-civilisation. It still wouldn't lead it to qualify as part of a civilisation divided against itself. Because for that to exist, the differences must be fundamental, but by definition not so terrible that they completely...
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    A civilizational space being split into two parts: Additional realistic cases of this?

    To my mind, none of these actually qualify as "divided civilisational spaces". This of course depends on what you mean by "split" in this context. An actual example of a "split/divided civilisational space" would be Catholic-Orthodox and later Catholic-Protestant-Orthodox: fundamental divisions...
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