Civilization and Empire Collapse

All civilizations collapse. It's a feature, not a bug.

Rome didn't collapse, it just diversified into several other smaller states. The Aztec empire wasn't overthrown by the Spanish, but just fractured. The empire of Genghis Khan didn't collapse, it just got successfully split until what remained resembled nothing of what it once was.I'm not trying to be argumentative, but rather pointing out that -- in the grand scheme of history -- every collapse can be recast as a 'diversifying' of the original society, even if th

The collapse of the Roman Empire lasted for a few hundred years. Imagine living during those times. It is not inconceivable that we are living through that right now.

Isn't it a given? Historically every empire collapsed.

All empires collapse eventually.

All empires collapse eventually.

All empires eventually decline.

Ok you're right. I just think about how empires like Rome that collapsed in on themselves at the height of their power and can't help but see parallels with what is happening now. An affluent apathetic population that just let things slide back into chaos. But I suppose that's hardly an original observation

Fall of the Roman Empire and the end of civilization

I guess bronze age collapse, and the fall of Rome