I dont' know the reason for the order of these 10 lost civilizations.
Also in the comment section, there is another mention of the Hittites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hittites
To: Sir Napsalot
2 posted on
07/24/2012 8:02:54 PM PDT by
ClearCase_guy
(Roger Taney? Not a bad Chief Justice. John Roberts? A really awful Chief Justice.)
To: Sir Napsalot
Every civilization has had its versions of Democrats and Obamas, and they die.
3 posted on
07/24/2012 8:08:25 PM PDT by
pallis
To: Sir Napsalot
6 posted on
07/24/2012 8:12:24 PM PDT by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: Sir Napsalot
My bet is in most cases, crop failure. Due to variable rainfall, variable temperatures and crop disease. Anyone involved in modern agriculture knows how much successful production depends on adapting methods.
What works for a time, simply stops working because of insect adaptation, fungus growth, competing crop appearance.
Only by constantly observing and changing to current conditions does agriculture succeed.
7 posted on
07/24/2012 8:13:02 PM PDT by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
To: Sir Napsalot
The disappearance of the Indus Valley Civilisation truly is a great mystery - so much so, even their language has barely been deciphered. Complex seals, systems of weights and measures, rectangular grid streets and city layouts, underground sewer systems, granaries and public baths for a civilisation that sprouted circa 4000 BC is a remarkable achievement.
To: Sir Napsalot
3. Easter Island
4. Catalhöyük
5. Cahokia
6. Göbekli Tepe
7. Angkor
8. The Turquoise Mountain
9. Niya
10. Nabta Playa
12 posted on
07/24/2012 8:29:17 PM PDT by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Sir Napsalot
14 posted on
07/24/2012 8:39:39 PM PDT by
Beowulf9
To: Sir Napsalot
The Mayan collapse is no great mystery. Constant warfare between the city-states eventually took its toll. The treasure needed to maintain a vital civilization was pee’d into the winds of war. Even a short drought or period of intensified hurricanes (they’re periodic and devastating on that flat land that’s barely above sea-level) was probably enough to push the “tilt” button.
To: Sir Napsalot
Bureaucracies stifle growth and adaptation.
They kill any civilization in time.
20 posted on
07/24/2012 9:35:40 PM PDT by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
To: Sir Napsalot
Why did people abandon these once-thriving cities... With apologies to Men In Black, "You're coming with me, it's a long trip, I'll need a snack".
21 posted on
07/24/2012 9:39:26 PM PDT by
RJL
(There's no greed like the greed of a liberal politician buying votes with your money.)
To: Sir Napsalot
Why did people abandon these once-thriving cities...
Maybe it's just me but that whole human sacrifice thing would make me want to move to the burbs.
To: Sir Napsalot
Why did people abandon these once-thriving cities...
Maybe it's just me but that whole human sacrifice thing would make me want to move to the burbs.
To: Sir Napsalot
35 posted on
07/25/2012 7:11:31 AM PDT by
Condor51
(Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
To: Sir Napsalot; SunkenCiv
I recently visited Angkor. They say the capital was abandoned after the decline of the Khmer Empire as too vulnerable to the Thais.
To: Sir Napsalot
The Mayan people still speaking Mayan and still making their traditional clothes in the traditional way would be surprised to know they disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
45 posted on
07/25/2012 2:33:15 PM PDT by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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