This audiobook narrated by acclaimed archaeologist and bestselling author Eric Cline offers a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in the first Dark Ages
In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy defeated them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. Eric Cline tells the gripping story of how the end was brought about by multiple interconnected failures, ranging from invasion and revolt to earthquakes, drought, famine, and the cutting of international trade routes. Bringing to life a vibrant multicultural world, he draws a sweeping panorama of the empires of the age and shows that it may have been their very interdependence that hastened their dramatic collapse. Now revised and updated, 1177 B.C. sheds light on the complex ties that gave rise to, and eventually destroyed, the flourishing civilizations of the Late Bronze Age—and set the stage for the emergence of classical Greece and, ultimately, our world today.
© 2021 Princeton University Press (Lydbog): 9780691224800
© 2021 Princeton University Press (E-bog): 9780691208022
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Lydbog: 2. februar 2021
E-bog: 2. februar 2021
This audiobook narrated by acclaimed archaeologist and bestselling author Eric Cline offers a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in the first Dark Ages
In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy defeated them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. Eric Cline tells the gripping story of how the end was brought about by multiple interconnected failures, ranging from invasion and revolt to earthquakes, drought, famine, and the cutting of international trade routes. Bringing to life a vibrant multicultural world, he draws a sweeping panorama of the empires of the age and shows that it may have been their very interdependence that hastened their dramatic collapse. Now revised and updated, 1177 B.C. sheds light on the complex ties that gave rise to, and eventually destroyed, the flourishing civilizations of the Late Bronze Age—and set the stage for the emergence of classical Greece and, ultimately, our world today.
© 2021 Princeton University Press (Lydbog): 9780691224800
© 2021 Princeton University Press (E-bog): 9780691208022
Release date
Lydbog: 2. februar 2021
E-bog: 2. februar 2021
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Peter
18. sep. 2023
With the enthusiasm of a wikipedia editor, this book details the trade routes of the interconnected and interdependent empires of the Eastern Mediterranean in the Late Bronze Age. Oh my god, so many trade routes, so many empires and cities, so many pharaohs and archaeologists. So interconnected and interdependent. The introduction is fine. The subsequent chapters did not bring much new, although I did enjoy the stories from Megiddo.Skip to chapter 5 which summarizes the possible causes of the system collaps of trade and empires; Earthquakes, draught and famine, epidemics, internal uprisings, war, and invasions of the enigmatic sea peoples. In the scientific rather than popular tradition, no general consensus or conclusion is given - which I rather like. Complexity theory is introduced in chapter 6, and the Epilogue repeats the Introduction.I've read this book, so you don't have to. You're welcome.
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