The Collapse of Complex Societies (Book Review)

Re:The Collapse of Complex Societies (Book Review) by jason-phillips on Saturday August 20, 2022 @08:58AM (#32531740)

> First, there are way more examples of complex societies collapsing than I was aware of.

To add to the discussion, I submit this entertaining docu-series[0] describing the collapse of Bronze Age civilizations around the eastern Mediterranean.

The authors proffer that one possible cause for their near-total collapse could have been a breakdown within Bronze Age society's well-structured and complex systems from which recovery was simply not possible.

Apologies to the history purists for the inevitable inaccuracies to be found herein but this was an approachable series for me as a codemonkey.

[0] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KkMP328eU5Q

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Re:The Collapse of Complex Societies (Book Review) by Muehe on Saturday August 20, 2022 @02:09PM (#32534004)

I can also recommend the FallOfCivilizations channel on YouTube.[0] It's basically a podcast that later started adding video footage to its episodes. As the name suggests each episode deals with the rise and fall of one specific civilization.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/c/FallofCivilizationsPodcast/videos

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Re:The Collapse of Complex Societies (Book Review) by udkl on Saturday August 20, 2022 @11:50AM (#32532908)

I thought about posting this exact video, but you beat me to it ! Extra credits really has some very well done entertaining historical docu-series .... I recommend other historical buffs to subscribe and go through their videos

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Re:The Collapse of Complex Societies (Book Review) by jason-phillips on Sunday August 21, 2022 @07:20AM (#32539092)

It's quite good, isn't it? I really enjoy their videos.

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