Arnold J. Toynbee ring bukunnyané sané  mamurda A Study of History ngaptiang mangdané  nyansan akéh kawéntenan panglimbak kawagedan manusané ], punika taler Panglimbak kawagedan manusané  sané  kantun alit prasida kakeniang miwah samian panglimbak kawagedan manusané  punika sujatinnyané sampun nglintangin masa sakadi sané  kabaosang olih Mommsen.
Arnold J. Toynbee in his A Study of History suggested that there had been a much larger number of civilizations, including a small number of arrested civilizations, and that all civilizations tended to go through the cycle identified by Mommsen.