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Why Did Ancient Civilizations Fail? (Hardcover)
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Why Did Ancient Civilizations Fail? (Hardcover)
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Ideas abound as to why certain complex societies collapsed in the
past, including environmental change, subsistence failure,
fluctuating social structure and lack of adaptability. Why Did
Ancient Civilizations Fail? evaluates the current theories in this
important topic and discusses why they offer only partial
explanations of the failure of past civilizations. This engaging
book offers a new theory of collapse, that of social hubris.
Through an examination of Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Roman, Maya,
Inca, and Aztec societies, Johnson persuasively argues that hubris
blinded many ancient peoples to evidence that would have allowed
them to adapt, and he further considers how this has implications
for contemporary societies. Comprehensive and well-written, this
volume serves as an ideal text for undergraduate courses on ancient
complex societies, as well as appealing to the scholar interested
in societal collapse.
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