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Fall of Civilizations

Fall of Civilizations

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Product Code:
3791-01
ISBN
978-619-01-1840-4
Year
28-09-2026
Translation
from English: Ivan Ivanov
Pages
480
Size
168/240 mm
Cover Type
Hardcover
Genre
Antiquity, History of the Eastern World, Middle Ages, Byzantium

Paul Cooper

Paul Cooper

Paul Cooper was born in South London and grew up in Cardiff, Wales. He was educated at the University of Warwick and the University of East Anglia (UEA), and after graduating he left for Sri Lanka to work as an English teacher. He has worked as an archivist, editor, and journalist, and holds a PhD on the cultural and literary significance of ruins. His writing has appeared in publications includin…

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The world is full of ruins: from the Colosseum in Rome to the crumbling suburbs of Detroit; from the vine-shrouded Mayan temples to the shell-pocked buildings of Bakhmut and Gaza... Each of them has a different history, but they are united by a single thing: all of them are places where, one day, the future ended.

In Fall of Civilizations, historian Paul Cooper takes us behind the scenes to show how humanity’s greatest civilizations rose to the heights of power, and what life was like for the people who witnessed their collapse.

Across the centuries, we journey from the great empires of Mesopotamia to those of the Khmer Empire and Vijayanagara in Asia and Songhai in West Africa; from Byzantium to the Maya, Inca, and Aztecs in Central America; from Roman Britain to Rapa Nui.

With meticulous research, breathtaking insight, and dazzling storytelling, the author evokes the majesty and downfall of these ancient civilizations, turns a clear eye on humanity’s past mistakes, and asks: are we doomed to repeat them again and again?

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