Eric Cline Explains the Bronze Age Collapse: 1177 BC

Archaeologist Eric Cline examines the interconnected eastern Mediterranean world at the end of the Late Bronze Age. Trade, diplomacy and political dependence made its kingdoms powerful, but also created ways for disruption to spread. This lecture provides a clear framework for thinking about why several societies experienced severe upheaval.

Original video: 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD) — National Capital Area Skeptics (NCAS) · 1:10:17 · YouTube upload: 2016-10-11. Video and preview image belong to the original creator.

Why watch this video?

The date in the title is a useful doorway into a much longer process, not a claim that every kingdom fell in the same year. Watch for the interaction of pressures rather than a single all-purpose culprit. The lecture is an older presentation, so newer archaeological findings may refine individual parts of the picture.

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