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timbits98today at 1:46 PM5 repliesview on HN

Given the era, it seems likely that the collapse was the work of multiple angry gods. The author doesn't cover this possibility.


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panzagltoday at 4:22 PM

Given my extensive study of civilization, the collapse was caused by Gandhi launching nukes.

lokartoday at 2:52 PM

The closest to that would be the ideas in “ the origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind”

Perz1valtoday at 4:06 PM

And angry gods stopped rain

mr_toadtoday at 2:30 PM

The people of that era would have thought so. The Iliad and the Odyssey (if they have any basis in reality) might be examples of that period seen through a lens of mythology.

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fuzzfactortoday at 2:34 PM

People have always downplayed the number of things their gods can get angry about, while it often escalates beyond sustainability.

>Late Bronze Age Collapse

It was a little late but it had to happen sooner or later.

For those in power there may not be many other opportunities to set the standard for archaic leadership, so better get it while they can.

As we have seen :\