You should read the Muqqadimah by Ibn Khaldun, I think you would like it. It talks about a generational cycle similar to what you're talking about here, supposing that pretty much every civilization goes through a similar set of circumstances in its life cycle.
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ninetydegrees
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on 2007-10-15 05:59 pm (UTC)