Understanding Collapse: Ancient History and Modern Myths

ISBN-13: 9781107151499 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 462 str.

Guy D. Middleton

Opis

Understanding Collapse explores the collapse of ancient, complex civilizations, such as the Roman Empire, the Maya, and Easter Island.

Recenzje

'The book is successful in defending collapsology as an area of research in its own right, and the introduction is deeply thought provoking and provides an excellent route into the topic.' Anthony Smart, European Journal of Archaeology

Spis treści

List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Introducing collapse; 2. Egypt: the old kingdom falls; 3. Akkad: the end of the world's first empire; 4. The Indus Valley: a truly lost civilisation?; 5. The end of Minoan Crete; 6. The kingdoms of Mycenaean Greece; 7. The Hittites and the Eastern Mediterranean; 8. The fall of the Western Roman Empire; 9. Collapse and revolution in Mesoamerica; 10. The classic Maya collapse; 11. Collapse in the Andes; 12. Angkor and the Khmer; 13. The incredible survival of Rapa Nui; 14. Conclusions; 15. Bibliographic essay.