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Diamond’s Societal Collapse Theory - Coggle Diagram
Diamond’s Societal Collapse Theory
Climate Change
The change in climate can cause possible pandemic;
Creates social instability due to the increase in migration along with food and water shortages
Communities can suffer from the rising sea levels and coastal flooding that climate controls
Human impacts on the environment
The Vikings unintentionally caused erosion and deforestation by reckless farming and logging. Lessening their materials for the future
While the Vikings continued their reckless actions this deprived them of both food and charcoal.
Humans impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water.
Dysfunctional political and cultural practices
Norse had nothing but scorn for the tribal Inuit, they refused to learn from them how to adapt to colder weather and dwindling resources.
Bad use of resources like when the Norse glorified God by cutting the food and defense budgets to fund the cathedral-building budget. Ended up with no resource for the rest of the year.
When a society no longer advances the communities effectiveness.
Relations with Hostile society’s
The proximate cause of the collapse will then be military conquest
A society won’t be able to hold off its enemies as long and as it is strong forever, eventually become weakened for any reason, including environmental damage.
Relations with neighboring societies may be intermittently or chronically hostile.
Relation with friendly society’s
The Greenlanders always relied on trade with the motherland.
When the trade partner becomes weakened for any reason (including environmental damage) and can no longer supply the resources
All but a few historical societies have had friendly trade partners as well as neighboring enemies.