Learn more about how income inequality may increase the potential for political instability and may have led to the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty.

Jean-Paul Laurens' painting of Honorius Flavius captures the fragility of power in the Roman Empire's decline.

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In the worst, it faces the fall of the Roman Empire. As it was for Rome, so too will it be for America — unless, they suggest, we learn the lessons of history. Whether they focus on the fall of ...

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The term ‘Third Reich’ means ‘Third Realm’ or ‘Third Empire’, and refers to the ... Join us for this documentary as we explore the rise and fall of the Third Reich.

The rise and fall of powerful dynasties, like the Chola empire, were impacted by climate ... "We found that alternating warm and cold episodes (Roman Warm Period, Dark Ages Cold Period, Medieval ...