The Template of National/Imperial Decay and Collapse

The point is the good times of seemingly endless expansion are never permanent yet human regimes become accustomed to managing only expansion.

Correspondent David L. recently posed a topic I have often pondered: "I am curious how the Mayan empire collapsed." While there may a definitive answer out there, I have yet to come across it. From my reading on the subject, it seems likely that there may not be a definitive answer due to the paucity of written records (most of whatever remained in the …