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The Habsburg Empire also fell in 1918. British Empire collapsed over the 20th century, and what happened to the Holy Roman Empire? Oh and don’t forget the Fren
by Swizec 5y ago
The Habsburg Empire also fell in 1918. British Empire collapsed over the 20th century, and what happened to the Holy Roman Empire?
Oh and don’t forget the French Empire fell in the 1700’s.
But does that count or did thet just evolve into a new form?
- smnplk 5y agoThat's just the collapse of social structures, not civilizations.
- muzani 5y agoTo quote from Wikipedia, > Civilizations are organized densely-populated settlements divided into hierarchical social classes with a ruling elite and subordinate urban and rural populations, which engage in intensive agriculture, mining, small-scale manufacture and trade. Arguably a social structure is a prerequisite for a civilization. For example, you can have a village of 50 intact and trading with another village and that's not a proper civilization. There has to be the idea of a state, governance, someone entrusted to pay taxes to and perhaps some form of currency.