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Hey, [[User:MilitaryTarget|MilitaryTarget]], you really put some rigor into this article. Keep up the good work. [[User:Madman2001|Madman]] 03:23, 27 February 2006 (UTC) |
Hey, [[User:MilitaryTarget|MilitaryTarget]], you really put some rigor into this article. Keep up the good work. [[User:Madman2001|Madman]] 03:23, 27 February 2006 (UTC) |
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[[Rwandan genocide]]? [[Soviet Union]]? [[Somalia]]? |
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A dissenting voice
I really don't see much in common from all these examples. The Norse in Greenland were driven out by the Little Ice Age in Europe. Nobody knows why the Olmec civilization ended - or maybe it just became the Maya. The "Izapa" are not a society -- it is an archaelogical site. No one knows why Cahokia was abandoned.
Did every civilization end in a "societal collapse"? Is every abandoned town the result of a "societal collapse"?
The definition is so lacking in detail ("a breakdown in society") as to be meaningless, IMHO. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Madman2001 (talk • contribs)
- I didn't write or really contribute to the article (yet) but im currently reading Collapse (book) by Jared Diamond and why societies collapse is a complex question. This article currently appears to be just a list of societies that are thought to have collapsed, being the common element. -- Stbalbach 05:05, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Hey, MilitaryTarget, you really put some rigor into this article. Keep up the good work. Madman 03:23, 27 February 2006 (UTC)