Fall of Civilizations : Stories of Greatness and Decline

Landmark world history from the creator of the Top Ten podcast Fall of Civilizations

'Cooper is a phenomenon' Max Hastings, Sunday Times'You need to read this book' Cal Flyn, author of Islands of AbandonmentBased on the hit podcast with over 150 million streamsThe world is full of ruins. From the Colosseum of Rome to the crumbling suburbs of Detroit, the vine-wreathed temples of the Maya to the shell-pocked buildings of Bakhmut and Gaza. Each of these ruins have a different history, but they share a single truth: they are all places where, one day, the future ended.In Fall of Civilizations, historian Paul Cooper tells the stories behind our greatest civilizations, how they rose to power and what life was like for the people who witnessed their downfall. Based on the critically acclaimed podcast, this extraordinary book turns a clear eye on to humanity's past mistakes - and whether we are doomed to repeat them.

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Landmark world history from the creator of the Top Ten podcast Fall of Civilizations

Zusammenfassung
Based on the podcast with over 150 million streams, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse.