Sentence examples for fall of societies from inspiring English sources

Specifically the book charts the rise and fall of societies — in the Stone Age, on Easter Island, the Romans and the Maya — seeing a cautionary tale about progress in their successes and declines.

It's all an outgrowth of the feel of being alone in a world without help, rather than a desire to focus on the fall of society or anything.

The historical record shows how uncontrolled infectious diseases have been critical in the rise and fall of human societies, from the annihilation of Native Americans to the fall of the Byzantine Empire [ 2].

But there was also the fear of life in free fall, of a society with no rules, more frightening than a society with too many.

A big part of why the world feels so natural is how well it's depicted the fall of modern society in buildings, ruins and other details of set dressing dotting the landscape.

Despite the fact the thousands of its young people fall out of society, reaching out to these people and preventing their slide out of mainstream is not on government's agenda, even at a local level.

An inmate given sudden freedom from an institution where everything is done for them is far more likely to fall foul of society's rules, especially when they have been behind bars for decades".

The impact of this disease may fall on society as a whole.

"Recently, academics and civilian analysts painted a portrait of an Egyptian military in intellectual and social decline, whose officers have largely fallen out of society's elite ranks," the cable reports.

I fell short of society's expectation, and this came at a price.

After the rise of the political parties, the introduction of universal suffrage, the rise and fall of organised civil society and the dominance of commercial media, another factor has now been added: social media.