عنوان

Understanding collapse :

(Number (ISBN

110715149X

(Number (ISBN

1316606074

(Number (ISBN

9781107151499

(Number (ISBN

9781316606070

Title Proper

Understanding collapse :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

ancient history and modern myths /

First Statement of Responsibility

Guy D. Middleton, Newcastle University, UK.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2017.

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2017

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xx, 441 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-421) and index.

Text of Note

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 -- Conclusions.

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Text of Note

"Understanding Collapse explores the collapse of ancient civilisations, such as the Roman Empire, the Maya, and Easter Island. 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. Rather than positing a single explanatory model of collapse--economic, social, or environmental--Middleton gives full consideration to the overlooked resilience in communities of ancient peoples and the choices that they made. He offers a fresh interpretation of collapse that will be accessible to both students and scholars. The book is an engaging, introductory-level survey of collapse in the archaeology/history literature, which will be ideal for use in courses on the collapse of civilizations, sustainability, and climate change. It includes up-to-date case studies of famous and less well-known examples of collapses, and is illustrated with 25 black and white illustrations, 3 line drawings, 16 tables and 18 maps"--

Imperium, Musikgruppe

Civilization, Ancient.

Complexity (Philosophy)-- Social aspects-- History-- To 1500.

Environmental archaeology.

History-- Errors, inventions, etc.

History, Ancient.

Human ecology-- History-- To 1500.

Resilience (Personality trait)-- Social aspects-- History-- To 1500.

Social archaeology.

Social change-- History-- To 1500.

Civilization, Ancient.

Environmental archaeology.

History-- Errors, inventions, etc.

History, Ancient.

Human ecology.

Kultur

Kulturanthropologie

mythos

Niedergang

Social archaeology.

Social change.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.

Untergang

Zivilisation

Zusammenbruch

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

Class number

System Code

System Code

Middleton, Guy D.

Date of Transaction

20200822150056.0

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[Book]

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