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The Late Bronze Age collapse was a period of societal collapse in the Mediterranean basin during the 12th century BC. It is thought to have affected much of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East, in particular Egypt, Anatolia, the Aegean, eastern Libya, and the Balkans.
The book focuses on Cline's hypothesis for the Late Bronze Age collapse of civilization, a transition period that affected the Egyptians, Hittites, Canaanites, Cypriots, Minoans, Mycenaeans, Assyrians and Babylonians; varied heterogeneous cultures populating eight powerful and flourishing states intermingling via trade, commerce, exchange and "cultural piggybacking," despite "all the ...
[12] [13] Although biblical scholars argue that the names of patriarchs can be found in the Middle Bronze Age (2000 BCE – 1550 BCE), which is a period that most biblical scholars believe that the Biblical Patriarchs lived in, text such as Babylonian tablets mentioning Abram and Abraham [14] and 13th Dynasty Papyrus Brooklyn 35.1446 mentioning ...
The Canaanite city state system broke down during the Late Bronze Age collapse, [21] and Canaanite culture was then gradually absorbed into those of the Philistines, Phoenicians and Israelites. [22] The process was gradual [ 23 ] and a strong Egyptian presence continued into the 12th century BCE, and, while some Canaanite cities were destroyed ...
Israel Finkelstein theorized that the destruction of Hazor was the result of civil strife, attacks by the Sea Peoples or a result of the general collapse of civilization across the whole eastern Mediterranean in the Late Bronze Age, rather than being caused by the Israelites. [86] [page needed]
Satellite images reveal an ancient mega network connecting over 100 Bronze Age sites. Discover the complex civilization beneath Central Europe.
1180 BC: collapse of Hittite power in Anatolia with the destruction of their capital Hattusa. c. 1177 BC: Ramesses III of Egypt repels attacks by northern invaders (the "Sea-Peoples") in the 8th year of his reign (1177 or 1186 BC); an event which Eric Cline closely relates to the beginning of the Late Bronze Age collapse. [2]
Supposedly the Devil's bible. It's been mysteriously saved multiple times from burning buildings. ... a possible huge figure in the late Bronze Age collapse and there’s just nothing known for ...