LEADER 00960nam0 2200253 i 450 001 SUN0037121 005 20100125120000.0 010 $a08-493-7378-6 100 $a20050614d1995 |0engc50 ba 101 $aeng 102 $aUS 105 $a|||| ||||| 200 1 $aElliptic marching methods and domain decomposition$fPatrick J. Roache 210 $aBoca Raton$cCRC$d1995 215 $a190 p.$d26 cm. 410 1$1001SUN0037123$12001 $aSymbolic and numeric computation series$1210 $aBoca Raton$cCRC. 620 $aUS$dBoca Raton$3SUNL000070 700 1$aRoache$b, Patrich J.$3SUNV030834$0728049 712 $aCRC$3SUNV000167$4650 801 $aIT$bSOL$c20201221$gRICA 912 $aSUN0037121 950 $aUFFICIO DI BIBLIOTECA DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI INGEGNERIA$d05CONS D IV 274 $e05 3668 20050614 996 $aElliptic marching methods and domain decomposition$91423098 997 $aUNICAMPANIA LEADER 03236nam 2200457 450 001 9910815162603321 005 20220531231223.0 010 $a1-78969-303-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000012027261 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6728833 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6728833 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000012027261 100 $a20220531d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWhy did ancient states collapse? $ethe dysfunctional state /$fMalcolm Levitt 210 1$aOxford, England :$cArchaeopress Publishing Limited,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (54 pages) 225 1 $aAccess archaeology 311 08$aPrint version: Levitt, Malcolm. Why did ancient states collapse? Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2019] 1789693020 9781789693027 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Contents -- Abstract -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I. Introduction: meaning, origins, fragility, cyclicality and collapse of ancient states, -- Meaning -- Increasing complexity -- Farming -- Population growth -- Chiefdoms and pathways to states -- Competition, coercion, consensus -- Fragility -- Cyclicality -- Meaning of collapse -- Evidence of collapse -- Explanations of collapse -- II. The dysfunctional state -- The state's core functions -- Conditions necessary for fulfilling the state's functions -- Collapse as dysfunction -- III. Egyptian Old Kingdom -- Collapse -- Explanations of collapse -- IV. Mycenaean Palace States -- Collapse -- Explanations of collapse: Earthquakes -- Climate change -- Decline in foreign trade -- Warfare techniques -- Sea Peoples -- Interstate Mycenaean warfare -- Internal strife -- Rural collapse -- Systems collapse -- Conclusions -- V. The Western Roman Empire -- What Collapsed? -- What caused collapse? -- Christianity -- Barbarians -- Failure of the Eastern Empire to help -- Internal strife -- Economic factors -- Natural Disasters -- Conclusions -- VI. Classic Mayan collapse -- Collapse -- Causes of collapse -- Climate Change, Drought -- Internal and external strife and violence -- VII. Inequality -- Inequality and state collapse -- Inequality and violence in ancient states. -- Evidence of popular resentment -- Conclusions -- VIII. Summary and Conclusions -- Bibliography. 330 $aRooted in agriculture, sedentism and population growth, ancient states were fragile and prone to collapse. There is an ongoing debate about the importance, nature and even existence of state-wide collapse. This book investigates why ancient states collapsed and examines to what extent inequality contributed to their downfall. 410 0$aAccess archaeology 606 $aFailed states$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aCivilization, Ancient 615 0$aFailed states$xHistory 615 0$aCivilization, Ancient. 676 $a930 700 $aLevitt$b Malcolm$01649202 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815162603321 996 $aWhy did ancient states collapse$93997823 997 $aUNINA