Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 29 minutes ago
Around 1177 BC, the Bronze Age Collapse occurred, leading to the destruction of many states in the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean, from which society would not recover for potentially up to three hundred years. The period saw famine, climate change, war, and migrations of groups known collectively as The Sea Peoples. The actual reasons for society's collapse aren't certain, but in this new study, Eric Cline offers an excellent synthesis of the material.
Around 1177 BC, the Bronze Age Collapse occurred, leading to the destruction of many states in the Near East and Eastern Mediterranean, from which society would not recover for potentially up to three hundred years. The period saw famine, climate change, war, and migrations of groups known collectively as The Sea Peoples. The actual reasons for society's collapse aren't certain, but in this new study, Eric Cline offers an excellent synthesis of the material.
