1177 B.C. : : The Year Civilization Collapsed: Revised and Updated / / Eric H. Cline.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• VerfasserIn: Cline, Eric H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Turning Points in Ancient History ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 10 halftones. 2 maps.

From acclaimed archaeologist and bestselling author Eric Cline, a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilized world ushered in the first Dark AgesIn 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Series Editor’s Foreword -- Author’s Preface to the Revised and UPDATED Edition -- 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? -- CHAPTER SIX SEA PEOPLES, SYSTEMS COLLAPSE, AND COMPLEXITY THEORY -- EPILOGUE THE AFTERMATH -- Acknowledgments -- Dramatis Personae -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index