FALL OF ROME (As I understand it) 1) Scale 2) Diversity 3) Insufficient Rates of

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0578094185/ref=tsm_1_fb_lkTHE FALL OF ROME

(As I understand it)

1) Scale

2) Diversity

3) Insufficient Rates of Reproduction

4) Plague

5) Human Cost of Land vs Sea Empire

6) Germanic Invasion

7) Muslim destruction of the east

8) Muslim destruction of mediterranean trade

9) Hard Money (gold)

10) Lack of “calculative institutions”

(Thanks for the Reminder Skye)