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Diamond's Societal Collapse - Coggle Diagram
Diamond's Societal Collapse
Climate Change
"Creeping Normalcy" or "Landscape Amensia"
Climate slowly changes without people realizing it
Failure of adaptation
Collapse of the Greenland Norse
Climate got colder
Human Impact on Earth
Montana weed species crisis
cost Montana 200 million dollars a year
The Vikings
Destroyed resources they depended on without producing it back. Consumed resources to make charcoal and iorn.
This led to deforestation and soil erosion
Political, Social, Cultural, and Economic Factors
Nonliterate Societies
Poeple failed to record past decsions
Repeat the same mistakes
Greenland Norse Culture
Commitment to a christian society
Invested heavily in cathedrals
Hostile Relationships with Nations
Cuban Missle Crisis
Almost led into a nuclear cold war between the U.S and the Soviet Union
Greenland Norse vs the Inuit's/Eskimos
The Norse's, Inuit's, and Eskimos shared land
Inuit's killed the Norse
Friendly Relationships with Nations
Greenland Norse and Norway
They had trade with eachother
Their trade dwindled when Norway got weaker and sea ice got between Greenland and Norway.
Montana vs friendly states
More than half of Monatanas year income is not earned within Montana but other states
Montana is vulnerable to the rest of the U.S