LEADER 02800nam 2200553 450 001 9910464925903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-61811-277-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781618112774 035 $a(CKB)3710000000088000 035 $a(EBL)3110545 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3110545 035 $a(DE-B1597)541211 035 $a(OCoLC)872528286 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781618112774 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3110545 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10837757 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL580351 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000088000 100 $a20140221d2014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aRise and decline of civilizations $elessons for the Jewish people /$fShalom Salomon Wald ; foreword by Shimon Peres 210 1$aBoston :$cAcademic Studies Press,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (452 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61811-276-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apart I. Questions of definition and methodology -- part II. Historians on rise and decline -- part III. Macro-historical conditions of rise, golden age, and decline -- part IV. Drivers of rise and decline of civilizations : general observations and Jewish history -- part V. Drivers of transformation : two case studies. 330 $aRise and Decline of Civilizations: Lessons for the Jewish People is a thought experiment in which the author examines the work of 23 historians of the last 2,400 years, from Thucydides to Jared Diamond, who describe the rise and decline of nations and civilizations. None of these is a historian of Judaism. The key question of the book is whether the reasons that explain the rise, decline, and fall of other civilizations could apply to the Jews as well. The answer of the author is a qualified yes. From the work of these historians he extracts 12 "drivers," or factors that explain rise and decline, from religion to natural catastrophes. Reviewing the Jewish history of more than 3,000 years against the background of these drivers opens fascinating new vistas for the general reader, and may be particularly useful to historians and politicians. 606 $aJudaism$xHistory 606 $aWorld history 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aJudaism$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld history. 676 $a909 700 $aWald$b Salomon$01040982 701 $aPeres$b Shimon$0252293 712 02$aJewish People Policy Institute. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464925903321 996 $aRise and decline of civilizations$92464223 997 $aUNINA