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Historical societies

Unfortunate reality.

WHEN GOD IS FORSAKEN, IDOLATRY WILL REIGN SUPREME. WHEN IDOLATRY REIGNS SUPREME, EVIL WILL FLOURISH. WHEN EVIL FLOURISHES THE END IS NEAR.

The Roman Empire lasted 480 years. The Third Reich ended after 12 years. The average lifespan of historical cultures was 200 years.

Nations wealthier and more powerful in their day than we are now fragmanted  morally, were sabotaged from within, defeated by circumstances beyond their control, then faded into the annals of time. Other than war, drought and other national calamities they died out because of over-population, depletion of natural resources, corruption, greed, debauchery, promiscuity and the  disparity between the wealthy and the impoverished.

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Visagoths-Saxons-Celts-Wallachians-Franks-Normans-Athenians-Trojans-Hittites-Philistines-Spartans-Babylonians-Carthagenians-Mesopotanians-Romans-Vikings-Mongols-Huns-Byzantinians-Ottomans-Sumerians-Maoris-Mayans- Phoenicians-Incas-Goths-Polynesians-Abyssinians-Mycenians-Aztecs-Macedonians-Assyrians-Persians- Estrucans-Moors-Medes-Vandals-Khmer Rouge-Canaanians-Ming-Yuan-Shang-Xis-Nazis-Jomon- Judahen-Toltec-Nubian-Zhou-Minoan-Native Americans.

Out nation has existed 36 years years beyond the average. With the tsunami of lawlessness sweeping across the land are we nearing the end?

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