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1177 B C
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Author : Eric H. Cline
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2015-09-22
1177 B C written by Eric H. Cline and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-22 with History categories.
A bold reassessment of what caused the Late Bronze Age collapse In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the Bronze Age came to an abrupt and cataclysmic end. Kingdoms fell like dominoes over the course of just a few decades. No more Minoans or Mycenaeans. No more Trojans, Hittites, or Babylonians. The thriving economy and cultures of the late second millennium B.C., which had stretched from Greece to Egypt and Mesopotamia, suddenly ceased to exist, along with writing systems, technology, and monumental architecture. But the Sea Peoples alone could not have caused such widespread breakdown. How did it happen? In this major new account of the causes of this "First Dark Ages," Eric Cline tells the gripping story of how the end was brought about by multiple interconnected failures, ranging from invasion and revolt to earthquakes, drought, and the cutting of international trade routes. Bringing to life the vibrant multicultural world of these great civilizations, he draws a sweeping panorama of the empires and globalized peoples of the Late Bronze Age and shows that it was their very interdependence that hastened their dramatic collapse and ushered in a dark age that lasted centuries. A compelling combination of narrative and the latest scholarship, 1177 B.C. sheds new light on the complex ties that gave rise to, and ultimately destroyed, the flourishing civilizations of the Late Bronze Age—and that set the stage for the emergence of classical Greece.
Collapse
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Author : Jared Diamond
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2013-03-21
Collapse written by Jared Diamond and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-21 with History categories.
From the author of Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive is a visionary study of the mysterious downfall of past civilizations. Now in a revised edition with a new afterword, Jared Diamond's Collapse uncovers the secret behind why some societies flourish, while others founder - and what this means for our future. What happened to the people who made the forlorn long-abandoned statues of Easter Island? What happened to the architects of the crumbling Maya pyramids? Will we go the same way, our skyscrapers one day standing derelict and overgrown like the temples at Angkor Wat? Bringing together new evidence from a startling range of sources and piecing together the myriad influences, from climate to culture, that make societies self-destruct, Jared Diamond's Collapse also shows how - unlike our ancestors - we can benefit from our knowledge of the past and learn to be survivors. 'A grand sweep from a master storyteller of the human race' - Daily Mail 'Riveting, superb, terrifying' - Observer 'Gripping ... the book fulfils its huge ambition, and Diamond is the only man who could have written it' - Economis 'This book shines like all Diamond's work' - Sunday Times
The Collapse Of Complex Societies
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Author : Joseph Tainter
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1988
The Collapse Of Complex Societies written by Joseph Tainter and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Social Science categories.
Dr Tainter describes nearly two dozen cases of collapse and reviews more than 2000 years of explanations. He then develops a new and far-reaching theory.
The Collapse Of Ancient States And Civilizations
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Author : Norman Yoffee
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 1991-07
The Collapse Of Ancient States And Civilizations written by Norman Yoffee and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-07 with History categories.
Publikacja prac seminarium "School of American Research" które odbyło się w Santa Fe, 22-26 marca 1982 r.
The Collapse Of Western Civilization
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Author : Naomi Oreskes
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-01
The Collapse Of Western Civilization written by Naomi Oreskes and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-01 with Science categories.
The year is 2393, and a senior scholar of the Second People's Republic of China presents a gripping and deeply disturbing account of how the children of the Enlightenment, the political and economic elites of the so-called advanced industrial societies, entered into a Penumbral period in the early decades of the twenty-first century, a time when sound science and rational discourse about global change were prohibited and clear warnings of climate catastrophe were ignored. What ensues when soaring temperatures, rising sea levels, drought, and mass migrations disrupt the global governmental and economic regimes? The Great Collapse of 2093. This work is an important title that will change how readers look at the world. Dramatizing climate change in ways traditional nonfiction cannot, this inventive, at times humorous work reasserts the importance of scientists and the work they do and reveals the self-serving interests of the so called Òcarbon industrial complexÓ that have turned the practice of sound science into political fodder. The authors conclude with a critique of the philosophical frameworks, most notably neo-liberalism, that do their part to hasten civilizationÕs demise. Based on sound scholarship yet unafraid to tilt at sacred cows in both science and policy, this book provides a welcome moment of clarity amid the cacophony of climate change literature. It includes a lexicon of historical and scientific terms that enriches the narrative and an interview with the authors.
Breakdown
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Author : Robert Briffault
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1935
Breakdown written by Robert Briffault and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1935 with Capitalism categories.
The Collapse Of Civilizations
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Author : Sascha Woditsch
language : de
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2012
The Collapse Of Civilizations written by Sascha Woditsch and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
Essay aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Sonstiges, Note: 1, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Veranstaltung: Einführung in die Geographie, 6 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: "WORLD POLITICS IS entering a new phase, an intellectual have not hesitated to proliferate visions of what it will be [...] " (Huntington 1993, S.22). Mit dem Ende des Kalten Krieges Anfang der 90er Jahre und dem Abklingen des Kampfes der Ideologien begann die Suche nach neuen Identifikationskriterien aller beteiligten Staaten. Eine denkbare Alternative wäre die Rückkehr zu einem verstärkten Nationalismus, eine Identifikation durch den eigenen Staat. Allerdings wäre dies angesichts der fortgeschrittenen Vernetzung der Welt in allen Bereichen - also der Globalisierung - keine sonderlich realistische Lösung gewesen. Eine neue Alternative wäre die Identifikation durch eine Zivilisation gewesen, die im Zuge der Globalisierung eine realistischere Lösung bietet. Meiner Meinung nach begann jedoch bereits vor dem Ende des Kalten Krieges ein Loslösungsprozess, bedingt durch unser heutiges Transportwesen und die "informations- und kommunikationstechnologische Dauerrevolution" (Dürmatt 2003, S.16). Eine Loslösung der Identifikation von bestimmten Räumen. Die Kulturen der Zukunft, die Szene-Kulturen durchdringen die heutigen an den Raum gebundenen Kulturen. Szene-Kulturen sind z.B. eine bestimmte Sportszene (Surferzene, Fußballszene...) oder eine politisch-orientierte Szene (Globalisierungsgegner...). So lassen die Szene-Kulturen, die einst wichtige Identifikationskriterien, wie die Zugehörigkeit zu einem Staat, einer Region oder einer Zivilisation, langsam in den Hintergrund treten und neue Identifikationskriterien entstehen. Diese fragen nicht nach dem "Woher kommst du?" sondern "Was machst du?" bzw. "Wie ist deine Einstellung zu...?". Im Folgenden will ich erörtern Warum und Wie diese Szene-Kulturen entstehen und warum das Wo nicht von
Understanding Collapse
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Author : Guy D. Middleton
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-06-26
Understanding Collapse written by Guy D. Middleton and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-26 with History categories.
In this lively survey, Guy D. Middleton critically examines our ideas about collapse - how we explain it and how we have constructed potentially misleading myths around collapses - showing how and why collapse of societies was a much more complex phenomenon than is often admitted.
1177 B C
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Author : Eric H. Cline
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-02-02
1177 B C written by Eric H. Cline and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-02 with History categories.
A bold reassessment of what caused the Late Bronze Age collapse In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the Bronze Age came to an abrupt and cataclysmic end. Kingdoms fell like dominoes over the course of just a few decades. No more Minoans or Mycenaeans. No more Trojans, Hittites, or Babylonians. The thriving economy and cultures of the late second millennium B.C., which had stretched from Greece to Egypt and Mesopotamia, suddenly ceased to exist, along with writing systems, technology, and monumental architecture. But the Sea Peoples alone could not have caused such widespread breakdown. How did it happen? In this major new account of the causes of this "First Dark Ages," Eric Cline tells the gripping story of how the end was brought about by multiple interconnected failures, ranging from invasion and revolt to earthquakes, drought, and the cutting of international trade routes. Bringing to life the vibrant multicultural world of these great civilizations, he draws a sweeping panorama of the empires and globalized peoples of the Late Bronze Age and shows that it was their very interdependence that hastened their dramatic collapse and ushered in a dark age that lasted centuries. A compelling combination of narrative and the latest scholarship, 1177 B.C. sheds new light on the complex ties that gave rise to, and ultimately destroyed, the flourishing civilizations of the Late Bronze Age—and that set the stage for the emergence of classical Greece.
The Final Empire
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Author : Wm. H. Kötke
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2007-11
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In spite of its tough message, there is much compassion and humanity in The Final Empire. Right away as you begin to read this work, you sense increasingly the grand perspective in Kötke's words. He is not speaking of anarchy. He is offering vital common sense. It's just that his meaning is so unavoidably political. And so much against what we have been taught all our lives: The materialistic values of civilization teach us that the accumulation of wealth is progress. The material wealth of the civilization is derived from the death of the earth, the soils, the forests, the fish stocks, the 'free resources' of flora and fauna. The ultimate end of this is for all human species to live in giant parasitical cities of cement and metal while surrounded by deserts of exhausted soils. The simple polar opposites are: the richness and wealth of the natural life of earth versus the material wealth of people living out their lives in artificial environments. This amounts to a direct challenge to humankind. A demand for radical change. A re-envisioning of our part in the community of life and the precepts of individuality. And Mr. Kötke provides a strong argument for this case. He traces the environmental scars of civilization through the ages. Empire after empire, desertification of the top soil winds its way around the globe in an erosive helix from China to India to Mesopotamia to Italy to North America. As radical as it may seem at first glance, The Final Empire is a necessary and sensible primer for the recovery of the planet. It blends a critical statistical analysis of our deteriorating environment with a positivism of hope for a post-empire age and a new whole-human relation to the living community of Earth. Dan Armstrong, Author of the Novels, Prairie Fire and Taming the Dragon