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Collapse (2019): Reading

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Readings

Diamond, Jared. "Why Do Societies Collapse?" Technology, Entertainment and Design, Feb. 2003, www.ted.com/talks/jared_diamond_on_why_societies_collapse?language=en&utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_
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Diamond, Jared. "The Ends of the World as We Know Them." New York Times, 1 Jan. 2005, p. 1, nyti.ms/2jH6FRb.

Haug, Gerald H., et al. "Climate and the Collapse of Maya Civilization." Science, vol. 299, no. 5613, 2003, p. 1731+. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A99375824/OVIC?u=new11256&sid=OVIC&xid=64ad20a6.

Diamond, Jared. "Prologue: A Tale of Two Farms." Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. e-Book, Penguin, 2005, pp.1-15.