Environmental Determinism vs. Social Dynamics: Prehistorical and Historical Examples

Environmental determinism is often used to explain past social collapses and predict the future of modern human societies. We assess availability natural resources resulting carrying capacity (a basic concept environmental determinism) through a toy model based on Hurst–Kolmogorov dynamics. also highlight role cohesion, we evaluate it from an entropic viewpoint. Furthermore, make case that, when comes demise civilizations, while influences may be in mix, dynamics main driver behind their decline eventual collapse. examine several prehistorical historical cases civilization collapse, most characteristic being that Minoan civilization, whose disappearance c. 1100 BC has fostered causative hypotheses. In general, note these hypotheses are catastrophic causes, which nevertheless occurred few hundred years before collapse Minoans. Specifically, around 1500 BC, Minoans managed overpass many adversities. As have not found justified reasons for (around BC), hypothesize possible transformation Minoans’ structure as cause