1177 B.C. : the year civilization collapsed
Cline, Eric H.2021
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In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the Bronze Age came to an abrupt and cataclysmic end. Kingdoms fell like dominoes over the course of just a few decades. No more Minoans or Mycenaeans. No more Trojans, Hittites, or Babylonians. The thriving economy and cultures of the late second millennium B.C., which had stretched from Greece to Egypt and Mesopotamia, suddenly ceased to exist, along with writing systems, technology, and monumental architecture. But the Sea Peoples alone could not have caused such widespread breakdown. How did it happen? 1177 B.C. sheds new light on the complex ties that gave rise to, and ultimately destroyed, the flourishing civilizations of the Late Bronze Age -- and that set the stage for the emergence of classical Greece.
Main title:
1177 B.C. : the year civilization collapsed / Eric H. Cline.
Author:
Cline, Eric H., author
Imprint:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]©2021.
Collation:
xix, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-265) and index.
Contents:
Partial contents: The collapse of civilizations: 1177 BC -- Act I. Of arms and the man: the fifteenth century BC -- Act II. An (Aegean) -- Act III. Fighting for gods and country: the thirteenth century BC -- Act IV. The end of an era: the twelfth century BC -- A "perfect storm" of calamities? -- Sea Peoples, systems collapse, and complexity theory -- The aftermath.
ISBN:
9780691208015 (paperback)
Dewey class:
930.156
Language:
English
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BRN:
557771