COMMON NAME: THE GREAT COLLAPSE

The Collapse was the extended destruction of global civilization brought about by various environmental, political, economic, military, and infrastructural crises. There was no single reason that led to the Collapse.

MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE COLLAPSE:

-change in climate

-drought

-crop failures

-fresh water shortage

-displacement of people

-famine

-conflict for resources

-political fragmentation

-great wars

-international supply chains failure

-health care shortages

WORLD WAR III:

The name is not used consistently across surviving documents. Some use it to refer to the great war which sparked off the Collapse while others see it as the military phase of the Collapse.

After the Collapse:

-global communication networks collapsed

-many nations could no longer operate

-supply chains were disrupted

-population areas were rendered uninhabitable

-agricultural capacity reduced significantly

-automation systems worked on their own

-populations formed regional settlements