"How the Late Bronze Age Collapse" Topic
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| Tango01 | 02 Feb 2019 9:55 p.m. PST |
"The bronze collapse is a term that archeologists and historians refer to the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age in the ancient Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean. In this region, the change of epochs was associated with catastrophic changes in the social order, the loss of many production and cultural traditions, including writing, the destruction of all major states and many cities of that time. On a large part of the territory comes the period of "dark ages". In the period 1206-1150 B.C. the invasion of the "peoples of the sea", the collapse of the Mycenaean kingdoms, the Hittite kingdom in Anatolia and Syria and the end of the domination of the Egyptian empire in Syria and Canaan led to the extinction of trade routes and literacy. At the first stage of this period, almost every town between Troy and Gaza was destroyed and often after that it was no longer populated: so, Hattusa, Mycenae, Ugarit were abandoned…." link
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| Cornelius | 03 Feb 2019 4:32 a.m. PST |
My daughter, who is an archaeologist specialising in the Late Bronze age on Cyprus tells me "That's a selection of generally accepted theories, although one of my lecturers was a leading figure in the topic, and suggested that the primary cause was free market trading states detracting from kingly authority." So you could blame capitalism. |
| barcah2001 | 03 Feb 2019 6:38 a.m. PST |
The capitalists burnt the cities or the ancient proletariat? |
| Cornelius | 03 Feb 2019 6:52 a.m. PST |
The capitalists introduced trade outside of the control of the "king"… |
| Wackmole9 | 03 Feb 2019 8:09 a.m. PST |
Lets see there were all the classic causes Flamine, Earthquakes, Mass Migration, but no Its was shameless capitalist. I think your daughter should ask for a refund on her tuition for that class. |
| Tango01 | 03 Feb 2019 3:38 p.m. PST |
Dude…! (smile)
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| Zephyr1 | 04 Feb 2019 9:45 p.m. PST |
"In the period 1206-1150 B.C. the invasion of the "peoples of the sea", ' So it was …Pirates!  As the song goes:
 We kindle and char,
and flame and ignite
Drink up me hearties, Yo Ho!
We burn up the city,
we're really a fright
Drink up me hearties, Yo Ho!
Yo ho, yo ho … |
| Tango01 | 05 Feb 2019 11:57 a.m. PST |
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| GGouveia | 05 Feb 2019 2:38 p.m. PST |
Ancient astronaut theorists believe………………………………… |
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paints a legend from the Trojan Wars.
