That response ia a triumph of ignorance and ideology over reality.
Ignorance, brutality, base savagery, combined with a centralized royalty type totalitarianism, stifling exploration, learning and innovation; that's what did them in.
Why do you suppose India and China were not similarly subdued?
I'm still trying to figure out what happened to the Incas and the Aztecs.Spaniards.
That response ia a triumph of ignorance and ideology over reality.
No, it is a humorous one word answer, and truthfull as far as it goes. It isn't a treatise. Lighten up guy.