Hmmmm, Tenochtitland and Carthage fell primarily due to external attack. Although carthage had shown signs of the kind of ethnic meddling that is typical of late-stage empires.
Ankhor Wat was a temple complex rather than a capitol, although the empire that supported it gradually fell due to the accumulation of wealth in the monastic system, which left the state weak and unable to defend itself against external aggressors.
I'm not familiar with Chichen Itza or Cahokia, no idea what happened to them.
I think good western equivalents would be:
- Western roman republic/empire
- Byzantine empire
- Macedonian empire (a speedrun in terms of expansion/collapse)
- Soviet union
- Spanish empire
- British empire
Ultimately I'd diagnose the cause as the central authority having no real check on their power and increasingly occupying their time with maintaining control rather than governing. It's like an abusive relationship that lasts centuries, with the imperial house playing the role of the abusive alcoholic husband and the parent nation being the battered wife who won't leave or fight back because stockholm syndrome.
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