| Description |
x, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"The result of a seminar held at the School of American Research in Santa Fe, March 22 to 26, 1982."--Pref. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 277-318. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Orienting collapse / Norman Yoffee -- Contexts of civilizational collapse: a Mesopotamian view / Robert McC. Adams -- The collapse of ancient Mesopotamian states and civilization / Norman Yoffee -- Th collapse of classic Maya civilization / T. Patrick Culbert -- The last years of Teotihuacan dominance / Rene Millon -- The dissolution of the Roman empire / G.W. Bowersock -- The roles of the literati and of regionalism in the fall of the Han dynasty / Cho-yan Hsu -- The role of barbarians in the fall of states / Bennett Bronson -- The collapse of ancient states and civilizations as an organizational problem / Herbert Kaufman -- Beyond collapse / Shmuel N. Eisenstadt -- Onward and upward with collapse / George L. Cowgill. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
Civilization, Ancient.
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Civilization, Ancient. |
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Civilization -- Philosophy.
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Civilization -- Philosophy. |
| Added Author |
Yoffee, Norman.
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Cowgill, George L.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Collapse of ancient states and civilizations. Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c1988 (OCoLC)569523809 |
| ISBN |
0816510490 alkaline paper |
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9780816510498 alkaline paper |
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