joseph tainter in his 1988 classic "the collapse of complex societies" discusses, who mayan society, in the absence of large standing armies, may have used monumental architecture as a deterrent.
monumental architecture meaning the pyramids.
in modern day terms, the nuclear weapon stockpiles save similar purposes.
demonstrations of awesome power, which consumed vast amounts of elite resources with no economic benefit, with the sole purpose to frighten and intimidate the enemy from attacking and causing an economically ruinous war.
monumental architecture meaning the pyramids.
in modern day terms, the nuclear weapon stockpiles save similar purposes.
demonstrations of awesome power, which consumed vast amounts of elite resources with no economic benefit, with the sole purpose to frighten and intimidate the enemy from attacking and causing an economically ruinous war.
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