How Does All Civilizations Follow the Same Pattern Work?

All civilizations grow up and go to sleep following a pattern, just like how you build a tower with blocks and then knock it down.

Imagine you're playing with your favorite block tower. You start by putting one block on the ground, that’s like when a civilization begins, maybe in a small village or around a river. Then you add more blocks on top, this is like people growing more homes, building cities, and making new tools.

One day, the tower gets really tall, the civilization is strong and powerful. But then, sometimes, it starts to wobble. Maybe there’s a big storm (like a war or a disease), and the tower falls down, that's when the civilization ends or changes a lot.

Even though different civilizations use different blocks, like some use wood, others use stone, they all play the same game. They start small, grow big, then maybe fall down or change shape. It’s like your block tower and your cousin's block tower, both follow the same rules but look a little different.

That’s why it feels like all civilizations are telling the same story, just with their own special blocks.