Title: The Collapse of ancient states and civilizations /
Authors: Yoffee, Norman.; Cowgill, George L.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press,
Year: 1988
Subjects: Civilisation antique; Civilisation Philosophie; Civilization, Ancient.; Civilization Philosophy; Civilisation ancienne.; Civilisation Philosophie.; Staten.; Culturen.; Verval (geschiedenis); Oudheid.; Altertum; Kulturverfall; Kongress
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.