The 7 most famous global cities tell of triumph and failure in the face of normal conditions

ArabiaWeather.com- Civilizations cannot be formed by mere chance, nor can they arise out of absurdity, as they are an integrated social system based on the meeting and completion of certain conditions and elements such as economic resources, political systems, moral traditions, science and the arts.

Time also has a great role in the emergence and preservation of different civilizations, and all the cultures we are witnessing in our modern era are nothing but accumulations studied and organized by peoples.

Civilizations, like others, are exposed to natural conditions such as weather factors and unnatural ones such as those caused by man. Here we mention seven ancient cities, most of which are listed on UNESCO World Heritage Sites, which tell of victory and failure in the face of tragic natural conditions , namely:

- The Jordanian city of Petra, the capital of the Nabataeans, is considered one of the most famous and beautiful international tourist sites and one of the most important geological features in it. Sedimentary and sandy rock outbursts.

It is also characterized by ideal geological structures, such as cracks, folds, and ideal geological sections that are decorated with bright colors, in addition to springs, natural caves, and fossils representing all geological eras.

-   The city of Pompeii in Italy, the eruption of Vesuvius on August 24 of the year 79 AD, led to the ignition of the ancient town in it, and Pompeii is a Roman city located at the foot of Mount Vesuvius near the Gulf of Naples in Italy, it was discovered in the eighteenth century.

- Tiwanaku, Bolivia was the capital of a powerful empire that extended its influence before the Spanish conquest over a wide area of the southern Andes and other regions, and the effects of these sites testify to the cultural and political importance of this distinguished civilization.

Skara Cliff in Scotland, located on the south shore of Orkney Sandwick, the stone age village was revealed after a winter storm in the eighteenth century, where eight houses were discovered that were connected by low covered walkways.

- Mesa Verde Green National Park in Colorado, created in 1906 by former US President Theodore Roosevelt to protect some of the rock houses that are still in good condition.

The national park includes many ruins of homes and villages that were built by the ancient Pueblon people, who are sometimes called the Anasazi.

-   Knossos, Greece , considered the center of the Minoan civilization and a powerful Bronze Age culture that flourished between 3000 and 1400 BC.

The lost city of Atlantis For centuries, scientists have tried to find out the location of the lost city of Atlantis, which the ancient Greek philosopher Plato said was the city that was submerged by the sea overnight.

And in 2011, an international research team grabbed headlines when announcing the discovery of Atlantis in southern Spain, in Donana National Park, which is known for the diversity of its geographical range such as lagoons, swamps, fixed and moving dunes, and small forests, and it is home to five species of threatened birds in the world (CNN) ).