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Originally Posted by Chuck Moreland
For the history buffs (not me), what has been the cause of the fall of all the great empires? What are the common themes?
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invasion mostly for the mid-eastern ones up to alex the G
then splits and rot was a main cause
rome fell to the christians who caused the DARK AGE in the west
western euro's got quite a few by hi-teck [gun] threw out the world
then lost them as the teck tranfered or the will to bear the costs became less
I do not see the USA as an empire, but do see the age of empires as over
modern trend is to split as the english and USSR did and form unions like the euro common market