The FALSE MYTH of the Bronze Age COLLAPSE
The Bronze Age Collapse is described as a period of rapid decline of the civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean, a period marked by the destruction of the largest cities of the time perhaps by the infamous Sea Peoples. But did things really go as they are usually told?
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Sources and insights:
Cline E. H., 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed, revised and updated edition, 2021
Cline E. H., After 1177 BC: The Survival of Civilizations, 2024
Drews R., The end of the Bronze Age, 1993
Feldman M. et al., Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines, 2019
Hinzen K. G. et al., Reassessing the Mycenaean Earthquake Hypothesis: Results of the HERACLES Project from Tiryns and Midea, Greece, 2018
Kaniewski D. et al., The Sea Peoples, from Cuneiform Tablets to Carbon Dating, 2011
Karagheorghis V., The Crisis Years: Cyprus, 1992
Langgut D., Finkelstein I., Litt T., Climate and the Late Bronze Collapse: New Evidence from the Southern Levant, 2013
Middleton G. D., Understanding Collapse: Ancient History and Modern Myths, 2017
Millek J., Destruction and Its Impact on Ancient Societies at the End of the Bronze Age, 2023 (and all other studies by the same author)
Murray S. C., The Collapse of the Mycenaean Economy. Imports, Trade, and Institutions 1300–700 BCE, 2017
Nougayrol J., Laroche E., Virolleaud C., Ugaritica. V: New Accadian, Hourrite and Ugarit Texts from the Private Archives and Bibliotheques of Ugarit, 1968
Papadopoulos J. K., Greece in the Early Iron Age: Mobility, Commodities, Policies, and Literacy, 2014
Seeher J., Die Zerstörung der Stadt Hattusa, 2001
Yahalom-Mack N., Eliyahu-Behar A., The Transition from Bronze to Iron in Canaan: Chronology, Technology, and Context, 2015
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:42 The Traditional View of the Bronze Age Collapse
05:33 The Decline of the Mycenaeans
19:17 Cyprus
22:41 The Hittites
29:59 The Destruction of Ugarit
34:11 Let's Downsize the Sea Peoples
44:37 How the Idea of the Bronze Age Collapse Was Born
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Background Music:
"Battlefield" by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com)
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"Momia" by World Music Official
"Desert Caravan" by Aaron Kenny