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"Conservative author claims modernity is sign of civilization on the brink." Truly a dog bites man story. The argument "globalism didn't stop WWI" fails to exa
by IIAOPSW 4y ago
"Conservative author claims modernity is sign of civilization on the brink." Truly a dog bites man story.
The argument "globalism didn't stop WWI" fails to examine the counterfactual, would WWI have happened without globalism. Did globalism tamper the forces of war, albeit failing to hold them back completely in the end?
The Bronze age collapse, so far as anyone knows, was due to invasion by "sea people". An invasion that they are documented fending off but struggling against for many years leading up to the collapse.
I could go on. The whole thing is just really unconvincing if you're not already predisposed to his conclusions.
- MonkeyMalarky 4y agoSea people? Like pirates? Vikings?
- mmarq 4y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Peoples https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Peoples
- charlesdaniels 4y agoThere isn’t consensus on who the sea people were. You might be interested in the book “1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed” by Eric H. Cline, which covers what we know about the pre-collapse civilizations as well as the collapse itself. It’s very fascinating, though it seems a lot of the details are simply lost to time.
- chucksta 4y agoHave any other book suggestions? This ancient civilizations has been of great interest to me lately, doesn't have to be specific to the mediterranean
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- simonsarris 4y ago> The Bronze age collapse, so far as anyone knows, was due to invasion by "sea people". I thought the dominant theory right now, as far as anyone knows, was due to several drought years in a row prompting everyone to abandon settlements, creating sea people (that others then had to fight)
- baybal2 4y ago