Ancient Civilizations – Critical Topic Essay II

For this paper I want you to focus on collapse and the different ways in which people
understand this concept. Please answer the following questions in your paper:

– What is collapse and societal collapse? I would like you to provide 2 definitions of
collapse
– Define collapse how you understood it before this class OR define collapse in
a popular (non-scholarly) point of view (look to McAnany and Yoffee article
from week 6 for help with this)
– How can we define collapse in anthropology, sociology, or archaeology? In
other words, what is the scholarly definition for collapse? You can get to this
definition either through the readings or lecture, or a combination
– Why are these differences in our understand of collapse important? Does it change
they ways we study the past or the ways we study culture? Please be specific.

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