What famous philosopher/historian predicticed the rise and fall of previous civilizations?

Answer 1

Daniel in the Bible ... although I guess you would consider him a prophet, instead. He predicted the rise & fall of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece & Rome

Answer 2

The question is kind of confused. You don't predict the rise and fall of previous civilizations.
They've already risen and fallen.

And sorry, Nostradamus is fairly bogus. You can pretty much read whatever you want into his vague predictions...

Edward Gibbon of course is famous for his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. William Shirer wrote The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (though to call this weird dictatorship is a major mistatement). Many other historians have
written of the rise and decline of various civilizations.

The Italian Philosopher Giambatista Vico is an interesting person in this regard. He wrote of the idea of a four part historical cycle present in any civilization's history. First comes a pre-history, which is a time of myth and legend, then
a period of discovery and exploration, then a time that is very settled and becomes stultified, which leads ultimately to a cataclysmic period that leads ultimately to a new civilization, the cycle reborn.

There are a lot of historians who visit this topic. For my money, a young reader can not go wrong to read H. G. Wells A Short History of the World. Then, when you're ready the eleven volumes of Will and Ariel Durant The Story of Civilization.

Another often overlooked brilliant book about the history of commerce and civilization is Fernand Braudel's Capitalism and Material Life.

Answer 3

Nostradamus... but before him Daniel the Prophet did.

Answer 4

I am not sure but i think it is Nostradamus. Nostradamus is a philosopher that predicted the fall of man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 5

Nostradamus, perhaps?