Fall of Civilizations

Stories of Greatness and Decline

Paul Cooper

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Duckworth
06 August 2024

History; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; History: specific events & topics

Based on the podcast with over 100 million downloads,Fall of Civilizationsbrilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse.

Across the centuries, we journey from the great empires of Mesopotamia to those of Khmer and Vijayanagara in Asia and Songhai in West Africa; from Byzantium to the Maya, Inca and Aztecs of Central America; from Roman Britain to Rapa Nui. With meticulous research, breathtaking insight and dazzling, empathic storytelling, historian and novelist Paul Cooper evokes the majesty and jeopardy of these ancient civilizations, and asks what it might have felt like for a person alive at the time to witness the end of their world.

By: Paul Cooper
Imprint: Duckworth
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780715655009
ISBN 10: 0715655000
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 06 August 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul Cooper is a podcaster, historian and the author of two acclaimed historical novels, River of Ink and All Our Broken Idols. He gained his PhD from the University of East Anglia, and has taught there and at Warwick. He writes, produces and hosts the Fall of Civilizations podcast, which has charted in the top ten British podcasts, and since its launch in 2018 has garnered over 100 million downloads and over 1 million YouTube subscribers.

Reviews for Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline

'A treasure trove of myths and terror… Atmospheric as hell… Immersive' * The Times * 'Paul Cooper has a historian's cool for what we know and what we don't... but a novelist's eye for vivid details' * Seattle Times * 'Excellent' * Guardian *