The Life Cycle of Empires

There are a couple civilizations that have a couple stretches where you can't win. At the height of mongol power like um I don't know whatever you like, there are other what you can cooperate with them and survive. But then on the way down Do you get recaptured by? By Geography and stuff that you could just through sheer force of will and military organization Uh, just move mountains at the height of your cycle or the upswing. You can't do anything you're a pitiful paralyzed giant on the downswing of your cycle. And it doesn't play out well this then leads into We we we on the first time I asked whether we thought it would be possible