ANCIENT Egypt, the Roman Empire, the Maya, China’s Qing dynasty – these civilizations all shone brightly in their time. Yet, in every case, the glory days were followed by societal collapse. This ...

Papers presented at a symposium held during the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Milwaukee, April 2003. From collapse to regeneration / Glenn M. Schwartz -- The demise and ...

Collapse, resilience, and transformation in complex societies : modeling trends and understanding diversity / Ronald K. Faulseit -- Why collapse is so difficult to understand / Joseph A. Tainter -- ...

What does it say about a society when its scholars turn increasingly to studies of the downfall of civilizations, the end of empires, the concept of human extinction, and even “existential risk”? That ...

For millennia, ancient civilizations have left us clues about the importance of living in harmony with nature. Despite the warnings etched in stone tablets, whispered through sacred texts, and painted ...