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Sorry, you're conflating the collapse of empires (loss of a high level of political organisation) with the collapse of civilisations (loss of most levels of soc
by nkoren 9y ago
Sorry, you're conflating the collapse of empires (loss of a high level of political organisation) with the collapse of civilisations (loss of most levels of social and economic organisation, from top to bottom). Although sometimes coincident, they are not at all the same thing.
- flexie 9y agoThen, isn't that what the Roman Empire underwent as well? Language stayed, territory diminished, religion only gradually changed, most technologies and societal structures only gradually changed (just like in USSR or British Empire). The biggest differences were the changes in institutions and governance (although that also happened gradually).