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user-inactivated · 3628 days ago · link · · parent · post: The real Indiana Jones on why Western civilization is a bubble
Ahh .... yup. I think the interesting part is the "apogee is the collapse", though. When that civilization ran into problems of overpopulation, environmental damage, drought and economic competition in the late eighth century, they could only respond with ever greater rituals and temple construction to appease the (clearly unsatisfied) deities, as well as responding through warfare against other states.