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Read the entire text, and as I had thought, the dates are somewhat arbitrary, especially since he considers decadence part of the life of an empire, which lifespan he posits as being around 10 human generations, or 250 years(BTW, 1776+250=2026). Still, it's an interesting text, and one which...

Hmm. These dates are, shall we say, interesting. In some cases(Ottoman Empire, maybe Spain - in Spain's case, we can debate whether their apogee came earlier or not), the 'fall' is merely the high water mark which preceded a long period of decadence. In others(Persia, the Third(I think) Assyrian...