1177 B.C. : the Year Civilization Collapsed /
Eric H. Cline.
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- Turning Points in Ancient History .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: THE COLLAPSE OF CIVILIZATIONS: 1177 BC -- CHAPTER ONE. ACT I. OF ARMS AND THE MAN: THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY BC -- CHAPTER TWO. ACT II. AN (AEGEAN) AFFAIR TO REMEMBER: THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY BC -- CHAPTER THREE. ACT III. FIGHTING FOR GODS AND COUNTRY: THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY BC -- CHAPTER FOUR. ACT IV. THE END OF AN ERA: THE TWELFTH CENTURY BC -- CHAPTER FIVE. A "PERFECT STORM" OF CALAMITIES? -- EPILOGUE: THE AFTERMATH -- AFTERWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION IN SEARCH OF A SMOKING GUN -- DRAMATIS PERSONAE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
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 Egy.
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9781400874491 1400874491
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Bronze age--Mediterranean Region. Sea Peoples. Peuples de la Mer. HISTORY / Ancient / General. Bronze age Sea Peoples