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The Late Bronze Age collapse was a time of widespread societal collapse during the 12th century BC associated with environmental change, mass migration, and the destruction of cities. The collapse affected a large area of the Eastern Mediterranean ( North Africa and Southeast Europe ) and the Near East , in particular Egypt , eastern Libya ...
Sep 20, 2019 · What is clearly known is that, between c. 1250 - c. 1150 BCE, major cities were destroyed, whole civilizations fell, diplomatic and trade relations were severed, writing systems vanished, and there was widespread devastation and death on a scale never experienced before. The primary causes advanced for the Bronze Age Collapse are:
- Joshua J. Mark
Jul 28, 2021 · More than 3,200 years ago, the Mediterranean and Near East were home to a flourishing and interconnected Bronze Age civilization fueled by lucrative trade in valuable metals and finished goods...
- Dave Roos
At Hazor, the Late Bronze Age palace (or temple) on the acropolis was clearly burned and at least part of the city was destroyed, as evidenced by fallen wooden roof beams and jars full of scorched wheat.
Dec 4, 2022 · The Late Bronze Age collapse is a shocking event when cultures across the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East mysteriously fell between 1200-1150 BC. To the layman who is educated in the Euro-Centric tradition, history stops at the Greeks.
May 20, 2015 · Professor Eric H. Cline speaks to Ancient History Encyclopedia’s James Blake Wiener about his new title and the circumstances that lead to the collapse of the cosmopolitan world of the Late Bronze Age in this interview.
Cyprus. The sacking and burning of the sites of Enkomi, Kition, and Sinda may have happened twice, before they were abandoned. Originally, two waves of destruction, ca. 1230 BC by the Sea Peoples and ca. 1190 BC by Aegean refugees have been proposed. [4] Syria.
