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WHAT
DID REALLY DESTROY ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS? |
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Just
as we are keen to know about future we are also as
much interested in having a peep into the past. Archaeological
surveys carried out all over the globe are interesting
studies of the ancient times, revealing to us their
civilization, culture, the incidents as well as the
accidents which occurred then. We organize digs to
discover old civilizations and thereby obtain numerous
types of facts which, on analysis, may be characterized
as information of vast dimensions but are otherwise
scarcely of any concrete benefit to the modern humanity.
Through the digs we also come to know about the city
layouts of the ancients, their homes, play fields,
utensils, jewelry, bathrooms and even about their
sewerage systems. These excavations doubtlessly are
instrumental in expanding our horizon about the old
civilizations, but on comparing them with our electronic
age, we find ourselves superior to them in almost
all spheres of life such as architecture, horticulture,
commerce, communication, transport, bedrooms, stadiums,
theaters etc. All the information from the archeological
surveys in no way assists us in improving any of our
system.
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In
my opinion, it will prove more useful, instructive
and enlightening than all the information hitherto
gained by us, if we go in for discovering the basic
causes that led to the destruction of these obliterated
civilizations. We could organize a viable venture
in order to uncover the root causes. Then this probe
will assist us not only in ensuring protection to
our civilization from any potential disaster but also
lead us in exploring a way of life both immune and
tranquil. In that case our quest will essentially
center, I feel, on the following three points: -
1)
Did they themselves devastate their own culture?
Or did some other civilization wreck it? |
2)
Did these civilizations perish due to only
geological or natural factors? |
3)
Is the ruining of civilizations a law of Nature?
what did invoke the Maker of this law ? |
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The
world has been witness to the rise and fall as well
as the wars and ruins among the nations causing rise
and fall of each other. The history of both the victor
and the vanquished and their existence in any status
is acknowledged in the world. Till this day, history
has failed to record incident of an entire civilization,
either of the conqueror or the conquered nation, having
been sent under ground or under water all in one full-sweep.
True to its style, Nature has also given chance to
the conquered nations, at some point of time, to reach
their pinnacle yet once again. Earth or sea has not
swallowed even Hiroshima and Nagasaki, after getting
the most brutal treatment in history. Nevertheless,
it has come to our knowledge from the archeological
sources that some sudden calamity reduced these cultured
civilizations to just fairy tales. The view that mutual
rivalry between the nations could have caused it has
not been backed by any proof.
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As
regards the second possibility that they themselves
could have destroyed their civilization, it can be
plainly seen that at the height of their glory, no
civilization would opt for a mass suicide. Now that
our review of the first two aspects has brought out
only a negative, it is obvious that we should concentrate
on the last one with all the energy, science and technology
at our disposal. This article carries indication to
chanelise our investigations just on this third aspect.
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Just as people in the present times are full of curiosity
to know about the past, the people in the past, likewise,
also might have been so. The buried civilizations
might have also contained in them the information
about those civilizations which preceded them and
after achieving their zenith went asunder. Alas! The
findings arrived at by them are not in our possession
as they too perished along with them.
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