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Collpase Of Societies

In the American Southwest, an ancient city of marvellous masonry is erected from the floor of a dry, infertile canyon. In the lone continent located in the southern hemisphere known as Australia, rabbits compete for little vegetation in vast, empty prairies that were once lush with grasses and plants only two centuries ago. An incomplete but visual Norse church located above a valley in Greenland reminds us of a Christian colony that flourished for hundreds of years; but not a single soul remains. In Rwanda and Haiti, overpopulation, environmental degradation has led to astounding violence. What do all these scenarios have in common? The collapse of societies and civilisations is a result of twelve key factors that can be seen through the three main categories of economic issues, uncontrolled human population growth and the slow but steady deterioration of the earth and its resources.
The collapse of societies can be seen through the economic problems and challenges that it faces be it loss of trading partners, hostile neighbours, lack of beneficial resources or just isolation. An economy is the backbone of any society or civilisation. Without an efficient, prosperous and working economy, there will be no way that a society can survive and thrive. There are several examples of civilisations that have collapsed because of economic struggles. One of these civilisations was Ancient Rome. Rome was a prosperous empire that forced people to trade with them, fight along them and live with them. Eventually after many years of “unchallenged” success, the central economy along with many other factors initiated the collapse of Rome. Trading partners started to trade more and more with the East. The lack of production from Rome was starting to catch up with their import economy and with the weakened militaristic force due to interior political corruption ; the enemies of nearby lands began to gain more and more territory. Ancient Rome’s internal corruption arises from the...