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

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by Ian Morris, Stanford University
published on 07 November 2011

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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.

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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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University, I. M. S. (2011, November 07). The collapse and regeneration of complex society in Greece, 1500-500 BC. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/article/276/the-collapse-and-regeneration-of-complex-society-i/

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