print email comment close Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fall? URL: http://www.learner.org/interactives/collapse/ Description: A site that explores the decline of four ancient civilizations: the Maya, the early civilization of Mesopotamia, Chaco Canyon (the Anasazi of the Southwestern United States), and the Mali and Songhai of western Africa. The methods used by archaeologists to understand why these particular civilizations collapsed are also presented. From Annenberg Media. Publisher: Annenberg/CPB Library of Congress Subject Headings: Archaeology History, Ancient LII Database Information: Record 2173 created by Dana Lubow on 10/16/1999 Last modification on 12/09/2007 Published: 10/16/1999   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/2173