Around 1100 BC, just at the end of the Bronze Age, a wave of destruction swept across the eastern Mediterranean. It wiped entire civilizations from the map and left nothing but ashes and ruins in its wake.
This catastrophe, known as the “Late Bronze Age Collapse,” has become one of archaeology's enduring enigmas. I want to explore how so many societies could collapse in one fell swoop, and seemingly without warning, as well as consider the lessons this might teach us in our increasingly globalized and interconnected world.
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Jacob Rollinson
Jake Barrett-Mills
Bryan Tshiobi
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