After 1177 B. C.Eric Cline
After 1177 B. C.
by Eric Cline · first published 2024
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At the end of the acclaimed history 1177 B.C., many of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean lay in ruins, undone by invasion, revolt, natural disasters, famine, and the demise of international trade. An interconnected world that had boasted major empires and societies, relative peace, robust commerce, and monumental architecture was lost and the so-called First Dark Age had begun. Now, in After 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the compelling story of what happened next, over four centuries, across the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean world. It is a story of resi
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…Devereaux, this is just one blog post vs multiple books by Cline, who is one of the preeminent specialists on the topic. You're going to get a lot more detail with Cline. Cline's followup to 1117, "After 1177 B.C.", goes into the resilience of societies and how they made it through the collapse and recovered (or didn't). If you enjoyed 1117, it's worth checking out.
on “Late Bronze Age Collapse” ↗Also from Cline: After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations (2024), ISBN 978-0691192130
on “Ask HN: Why were OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down?” ↗His follow up book, "After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations", comes out on April 16: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691192130/af...
on “Mycenaean Warriors and the Sea-Peoples (2013)” ↗