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Don’t Use Rome as a Model of Why Societies Collapse; Use Crime Syndicates and Somalia Instead

History Unplugged Podcast

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Cahokia as an Early Goliath Example

Scott introduces Cahokia and Kemp gives evidence of hierarchy, human sacrifice, elite power, and why its abandonment illustrates state fragility.

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