Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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You can buy Jesse's book for 20% off using this code "2549-23" at this link: isdistribution.com/BookDetail.aspx?aId=155294

This is a follow up to our overview of the Bronze Age Collapse: youtu.be/s-J8VGFG1Bg?si=501UOrY3wD9MXEpq In this interview with Dr. Jesse Millek we take a closer look at the claims of destruction which have long been used to back the idea of a cataclysmic Bronze Age Collapse. However Jesse (and others) have found that the claimed levels of destruction were not as severe as initially thought and a more gradual tradition during this period may be more likely.

---About Dr. Jesse Millek---
Visiting Researcher at the Dutch Institute for the Near East (NINO)
"I’ve been working on the Bronze Age collapse for the last ten years with a focus on trade and destruction"
Where to find Jesse's research: https://leidenuni.academia.edu/JesseMillek
Book sample: https://www.academia.edu/96085290/Millek_J_M_2023_Destruction_and_Its_Impact_on_Ancient_Societies_at_the_End_of_the_Bronze_Age_Columbus_Lockwood_Press
Book appendix with destruction overview: https://www.academia.edu/98884300/Late_Bronze_Age_Collapse_Destruction_Overview
Book on LBA trade which is free to download: https://www.academia.edu/41867831/Millek_J_M_2019_Exchange_Destruction_and_a_Transitioning_Society_Interregional_Exchange_in_the_Southern_Levant_from_the_Late_Bronze_Age_to_the_Iron_I_RessourcenKulturen_9_T%C3%BCbingen_T%C3%BCbingen_University_Press

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
05:05 Roadmap
05:54 Jesse's Book
07:46 Greece
13:52 Issues with Sources
17:50 Levels of Destruction
19:11 Anatolia
29:52 Ugarit
38:03 Disruption of the Tin Trade
41:53 Cyprus
48:22 Levant
52:32 Recap of False Destructions
57:15 Challenges to Dr. Jesse Millek
1:03:50 Questions - Nature of Collapse
1:08:02 Questions - Destruction, Trade, Migrations
1:10:09 Questions - Climate Change
1:13:04 Questions - Collapse Beyond the E. Med
1:15:10 Outro

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