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Invasions, destruction and possible population movements during the collapse of the Bronze Age, beginning c. 1200 BC. 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.
Feb 5, 2022 · Something horrifying and catastrophic begins to happen around 1200 BC. There is no one thing that the collapse of Bronze Age civilization can be blamed on. Drought, foreign invasions, and even earthquakes all seem to occur around the same time. There is a layer of ash and general destruction in the archaeological record around major urban centers.
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Jul 26, 2021 · Kitsault — a remote, abandoned northwestern B.C. town along the coast of the Observatory Inlet has captured the imagination of most who hear about its fascinating past and equally bizarre present.
Sep 20, 2019 · The Bronze Age is what most people think of when they hear the term “ancient history” because it was during this time that the Pyramids of Giza were constructed (during the Old Kingdom of Egypt c. 2613-2181 BCE) and the Temple of Karnak was built (starting in the Middle Kingdom, 2040-1782 BCE, through the New Kingdom, c. 1570 - c. 1069 BCE).
- Joshua J. Mark
Sep 19, 2019 · Thus, my main thesis is that there must have been a 'perfect storm' of calamitous events at that turning point in order to cause the Late Bronze Age civilizations to collapse shortly after 1200 BCE. There is both direct and circumstantial evidence that there was climate change, drought and famine, earthquakes, invasions and internal rebellions ...
- James Blake Wiener
Aug 15, 2013 · Archaeologists have debated for decades over what caused the once-flourishing civilizations along the eastern Mediterranean coast to collapse about 1200 BC. Many scholars have cited warfare,...
Military destructions caused cultural discontinuity and population shift decades before 1200 BC, and for more than a century afterwards.
