Why Did Ancient Civilizations Fail?

Name: Why Did Ancient Civilizations Fail?
Brand: Left Coast Press Inc
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By: Scott A J Johnson

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Paperback | 13 October 2016

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294 Pages

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Many ideas abound as to why certain complex societies collapsed in the past- environmental change, subsistence failure, fluctuating social structure, lack of adaptability. This engaging volume offers a new theory of collapse, that of social hubris. Hubris blinds people to evidence that would allow them to adapt. 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. This book
-evaluates current theories on the collapse of ancient societies and discusses why they are incomplete in their ability to explain the failure of past civilizations;
-concludes that the population and leadership must have been aware impending collapse at some point, but acted too late to reorganize and sustain their way of life;
-demonstrates the theory through examination of Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Roman, Maya, Inca, and Aztec societies, with implications for contemporary societies.

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"Across the first 12 chapters of his book, Why did ancient civilizations fail?, Scott Johnson focuses squarely on societies of the past: the Maya, Mesopotamia, Rome, Egypt, the Aztecs and Incas. His final chapter, however, turns to 'Where we are today'-or perhaps more accurately, what we should be doing today if we wish to avoid the same fate as earlier civilisations."- Robert Witcher, Antiquity

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