https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:regional-webs/x66f79d8a:why-do-empires-collapse-5-2/a/activity-opener-causes-of-collapse-wh 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Causes of Collapse Why do societies fall? Use evidence you'll encounter in this lesson to try and figure out the answer. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:regional-webs/x66f79d8a:why-do-empires-collapse-5-2/a/article-empires-fall 2025-08-12T03:52:41.296842565Z Empires Fall Invasion, economic struggles, and internal conflicts all threaten the stability of empires. Explore the different causes of collapse across several examples. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:regional-webs/x66f79d8a:why-do-empires-collapse-5-2/a/activity-collapse-categories 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Collapse Categories Reflect on the different factors that cause societies to collapse. This framework will help you as you examine specific examples of societies collapsing in the next lesson. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:regional-webs/x66f79d8a:why-do-empires-collapse-5-2/a/article-the-fall-of-rome 2025-08-12T03:52:41.296842565Z The Fall of Rome The Western Roman Empire fell in 476 CE, but we're not sure why. Some even dispute when it fell. Did the Roman empire fall, or did it transform and relocate? article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:regional-webs/x66f79d8a:why-do-empires-collapse-5-2/a/article-the-fall-of-the-han-dynasty 2025-08-12T03:52:41.296842565Z The Fall of the Han Dynasty The Han Dynasty was a "golden age" for China, but it didn't last forever. Historians—ancient and modern—argue about exactly what led to the decline of the Han. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:regional-webs/x66f79d8a:why-do-empires-collapse-5-2/a/activity-causation-autopsy-of-an-empire 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Causation—Autopsy of an Empire Think you can figure out why empires fall? Time to conduct an autopsy on some bygone empires of the ancient world. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:regional-webs/x66f79d8a:why-do-empires-collapse-5-2/a/activity-closer-sketch-the-fall 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Sketch the Fall Consider what you've learned in this lesson and create an illustration that represents the collapse of empires. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:regional-webs/x66f79d8a:why-do-empires-collapse-5-2/e/5-1-and-5-2-practice 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Why Do Empires Collapse? Practice what you learned in lessons 5.1 and 5.2! Jessica Shattuck exercise https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:regional-webs/x66f79d8a:why-do-empires-collapse-5-2/v/justinian-and-the-byzantine-empire 2022-10-11T01:58:02.027441565Z Justinian and the Byzantine Empire Overview of the Byzantine Empire under its greatest strength under Justinian and then eventual slow decline over the next 900 years. Code of Justinian. Hagia Sophia. Empress Theodora's role in putting down the Nika Riots. video https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka_thumbnails_cache/f18f9ef7-8b51-448d-9296-8fa0816635de_1280_720_base.png Justinian and the Byzantine Empire Overview of the Byzantine Empire under its greatest strength under Justinian and then eventual slow decline over the next 900 years. Code of Justinian. Hagia Sophia. Empress Theodora's role in putting down the Nika Riots. https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/Y4-F3zk7pFc.mp4/Y4-F3zk7pFc.mp4 532 Why Do Empires Collapse? | 5.2 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:regional-webs/x66f79d8a:why-do-empires-collapse-5-2/a/byzantine-culture-and-society 2022-06-03T18:34:49.0334966Z Byzantine culture and society Learn more about Byzantine culture and society. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:regional-webs/x66f79d8a:why-do-empires-collapse-5-2/v/comparing-roman-and-byzantine-empires 2022-10-11T01:58:02.027441565Z Comparing Roman and Byzantine Empires Similarities and differences between the Roman Empire and the "Byzantine Empire" (which considered itself the continuation of the Roman Empire). video https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka_thumbnails_cache/0808132c-b7dd-41ef-9081-6e6595f4c0a1_1280_720_base.png Comparing Roman and Byzantine Empires Similarities and differences between the Roman Empire and the "Byzantine Empire" (which considered itself the continuation of the Roman Empire). https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/Fx4l41R5nxY.mp4/Fx4l41R5nxY.mp4 499 Why Do Empires Collapse? | 5.2 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:regional-webs/x66f79d8a:why-do-empires-collapse-5-2/e/focus-on-continuity-and-change--byzantine-state-building- 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z The Byzantine Empire Read a passage and answer questions about changes and continuities in the Byzantine state. 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