Review and provenance

Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.

Dataset workflow: not recorded. This is separate from specialist review.

Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.

Model comparison

models

  • rank
    1
    reason
    Fits the diversity and uncertainty of political, fiscal, provincial and environmental evidence.
    confidence
    moderate
  • rank
    2
    reason
    Climate may contribute, but chronology and regional mechanisms are insufficient for a universal single-cause model.
    confidence
    low
    model name
    Single climate-collapse trigger
  • rank
    3
    reason
    Overcompresses a long transition and ignores regional institutions.
    confidence
    low
    model name
    Single weak-king or provincial-usurpation cause

ranking basis

Regional chronology, mechanisms and ability to separate political fragmentation from settlement change

Evidence and sources

  • supports · supports ranking
    Estates (Old Kingdom) — Juan Carlos Moreno García (2008)

    Supports institutional mechanisms.


    Locator: Provincial administration and estates
  • supports · supports ranking
    End of the Old Kingdom — Renate Müller-Wollermann (2014)

    Supports multicausal uncertainty.


    Locator: Review of causes and controversy

Where to go next

Referenced records