This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The Roman Empire fell more than 1,500 years ago, but its grip on the popular imagination is still strong, as ...

Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel, which has been made into a documentary that debuts Monday. He discusses his ideas about the rise and fall of human ...

A Rochester Institute of Technology researcher developed a mathematical method that shows climate change likely caused the rise and fall of an ancient civilization. In an article recently featured in ...

This adage seems especially poignant at this moment with the twin conflicts that are playing out in the Western and Eastern hemispheres. For, this is not the first time we’ve witnessed the ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War is a real-time strategy game where players can directly control individual units. Sean ...

The third major series in the "Civilisation" strand looks at huge change in Rome, Egypt, Japan and the lost world of the ...

I have argued for decades that Western civilization has been an invisible worldwide blessing. Democracy, science-based decisions, courts and laws, widespread schooling and respect for the natural ...

This figure shows the settlements of the Indus Valley Civilization during different phases of its evolution. RIT Assistant Professor Nishant Malik developed a mathematical method that shows climate ...

The expectations for Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War was high. In this game, you will encounter huge naval battles, heroes of ancient times, such as: Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Alexander and Achilles ...