Revisiting 1177 BCE and the Late Bronze Age Collapse ABSTRACT. In 2021, a revised and updated version of 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed was published, in order to include all the new data that had appeared in the intervening seven years. As noted there, we now have additional evidence for drought and climate change around 1200 BCE, in region…
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Cline Eric H. Cline George Washington University, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 650 Rome Hall, George Washington University, 801 22nd St NW, Washington DC 20052; [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies (2022) 10 (2): 181–186. https://doi.org/10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.10.2.0181 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Eric H. Cline; Revisiting 1177 BCE and the Late Bronze Age Collapse. Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies 1 May 2022; 10 (2): 181–186. doi: https://doi.org/10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.10.2.0181 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressJournal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies Search Advanced Search ABSTRACT In 2021, a revised and updated version of 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed was published, in order to include all the new data that had appeared in the intervening seven years. As noted there, we now have additional evidence for drought and climate change around 1200 BCE, in regions stretching from Italy and Greece to Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Iran. There is also new textual evidence for both famine and invaders in Ugarit immediately prior to its destruction. As outlined in this essay, taken from arguments in the revised edition, I continue to believe that there was no single “smoking gun” that can explain the upheaval that ended the Bronze Age and that it took a “perfect storm” of catastrophes to bring the era to an end in these regions. Late Bronze Age, Aegean, eastern Mediterranean, Collapse, drought, famine Issue Section: Forum Copyright © 2022 by The Pennsylvania State University. All rights reserved.2022The Pennsylvania State University You do not currently have access to this content. Sign in Don't already have an account? Register Client Account You could not be signed in. Please check your email address / username and password and try again. Username / Email address ? Password Sign In Forgot password? Don't have an account? 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