tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400020077845269180.post3831592498815383189..comments2023-03-25T01:19:42.488-07:00Comments on The Irate Islander: Entropy wins again?Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17456992930167398092noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400020077845269180.post-48124348050846177362009-08-19T14:07:07.329-07:002009-08-19T14:07:07.329-07:00That's a bit misleading. I think the Delian Le...That's a bit misleading. I think the Delian League itself lasted about 200 years, but that may be wrong. Fact is, Greek civilization existed for a long time. Not so much as an Empire, however. <br /><br />Roman civilization lasted even longer. Hell, the Pax Romana lasted three hundred years and the Latin League had been around quite some time, united under Rome, before then. The Empire survived a long time even after that. <br /><br />Leaving aside the eventual fracture, the Roman Empire existed for a long damn time.<br /><br />Additionally, Egypt had a stable, lasting civilization for thousands of years. It didn't wane until Alexander showed up and took over the place.<br /><br />In other words, civilizations are cyclic, they are not immune to entropy, but there is no time table their decline and collapse follows.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456992930167398092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400020077845269180.post-37774663348891039832009-08-13T09:03:21.716-07:002009-08-13T09:03:21.716-07:00Alexander Tyler, writing about the fall of the Ath...Alexander Tyler, writing about the fall of the Athenian Empire, said that the average age of the world's great civilizations has been two hundred years. So I guess we're still beating the odds a bit.<br /><br />The whole quote is on Neal Boortz's website.<br /><br />http://boortz.com/more/quotes.html under the heading of "Why I think voting should be restricted"Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308171394825291900noreply@blogger.com