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Eric Cline: How Civilization Collapsed Around 1177 BC

The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures · Lecture · 52 min · 2015 · YouTube title: Eric Cline | 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed
Why it's here

HN recommends it as an entertaining intro to the Bronze Age collapse from the book's author.

What it covers

Eric Cline presents the thesis of his book 1177 BC on the collapse of the interconnected Late Bronze Age Mediterranean civilizations. The talk covers the Egyptians, Mycenaeans, Hittites, Canaanites and their trade networks.