Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline - Historical Book for History Enthusiasts | Perfect for Students, Researchers & History Lovers

Author: Cooper, Paul

Middle East

Published on 25 April 2024 by Duckworth Books (Duckworth) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 544 pages, 16pp colour illus
166 x 243 x 48 | 824g

‘Cooper is a phenomenon’ Max Hastings, Sunday Times‘You need to read this book’ Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment**Based on the hit podcast with over 100 million downloads**The world is full of ruins. From the Colosseum of Rome to the crumbling suburbs of Detroit, the vine-wreathed temples of the Maya to the shell-pocked buildings of Bakhmut and Gaza. Each of these ruins have a different history, but they share a single truth: they are all places where, one day, the future ended.

In Fall of Civilizations, historian Paul Cooper tells the stories behind our greatest civilizations, how they rose to power and what life was like for the people who witnessed their downfall. Based on the critically acclaimed podcast, this extraordinary book turns a clear eye on to humanity’s past mistakes – and whether we are doomed to repeat them.