1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed
Sign in to rateA “perfect storm of calamities”—earthquakes, droughts and rebellions—caused the demise of the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1500-1200 B.C.). The great empires and mighty kingdoms of the ancient world—the Egyptians, Mycenaeans, Minoans, Hittites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Cypriots and Canaanites—all suddenly collapsed. Hear how Dr. Eric Cline relates the lessons of this amazing historical era to the ongoing turbulence and uncertainty of our own day.