Jared Diamond's 5 Factors - COLLAPSE? Exhibit Preview





COLLAPSE? › Home › Exhibit Preview » Modern Montana » 5 Factors » Classic Maya » Tokugawa Japan » Australia Today » Southern California › Jared Diamond › Events › Links › Credits	JARED DIAMOND'S FIVE FACTORS Collapse? explores why some societies fail and others succeed. In his book, which inspired this exhibition, Jared Diamond identifies five sets of factors that can contribute to a society's collapse: natural changes in the climate environmental damage caused by people themselves (inadvertently or not) a decline in support from neighbors or trading partners hostile neighbors how a society anticipates and reacts to its problems Visit Collapse? to learn how these factors have impacted past societies and continue to play a role in our contemporary world. Next: Classic Maya



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