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To: SmoothSail who wrote (519988)	11/7/2012 12:42:36 PM
From: Alan Smithee	3 Recommendations Respond to of 793575

So many books to read. So little time. So little interest on the part of most people.The Rise and Fall of the Roman EmpireThe Rise and Fall of CivilizationOh gosh...there's so many out there, I don't have the time to list them all. "How Civilizations Die," by David Goldman According to Goldman, when a tribe or a nation suddenly realizes its demise into insignificance, whether defeated in war or leapfrogged by newcomers who accidentally stumble on better ideas, institutions, or technology, reproduction declines. When the fertility of the tribe or nation falls below replacement level, its civilization eventually disappears. At times, the tribe gradually dies out, literally speaking.