The collapse and regeneration of complex society in Greece, 1500-500 BC (Article) -- Ancient History Encyclopedia

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The collapse and regeneration of complex society in Greece, 1500-500 BC

by Ian Morris, Stanford University (submitted by Jan van der Crabben)
published on 07 November 2011

Greece between 1500 and 500 BC is one of the best known examples of the phenomenon of the regeneration of complex society after a collapse. I review 10 core dimensions of this process (urbanism, tax and rent, monuments, elite power, information- recording systems, trade, crafts, military power, scale, and standards of living), and suggest that punctuated equilibrium models accommodate the data better than gradualist interpretations.

Written by Ian Morris, Stanford University, linked by Jan van der Crabben, published 07 November 2011. Source URL: http://www.princeton.edu/~pswpc/pdfs/morris/120510.pdf.

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