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The Bronze Age Collapse is framed as traumatic for Europe but not unique in human history; Jiang compares it to the rise and collapse of Maya civilization from about 200 AD through 1200 AD.
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Maya
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...So if we go over here, to North America, to the Mayas, okay? So the Maya, the Maya civilization, existed in Central America. Okay?..."
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The Bronze Age societies and the Maya are presented as unstable because elites help society grow but then shift into rent-seeking, which eventually collapses the society.
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"...So if we go over here, to North America, to the Mayas, okay? So the Maya, the Maya civilization, existed in Central America. Okay?..."
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"...was over the place, in Central America. But then, after the Mayas, after 900, it went all the way down. Okay? So, about 30..."
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"Those are your three options. But, if you did that, that creates, more instability. So, over time, no matter how, you structure your society,..."
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The Bronze Age Collapse is not treated as a freak disaster.
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