Eric Cline | 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed
by Eric H. Cline · Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, University of Chicago
Lecture by archaeologist Eric H. Cline on the collapse of Late Bronze Age societies in the Eastern Mediterranean around 1177 BC, examining the Sea Peoples, drought, earthquakes and broken trade networks, and arguing that interacting stresses brought down an interconnected world.
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