1177 BC
COMPILATION AND
COMMENTARY
BY LUCY WARNER
JUNE 9, 2020
FOR A TOTALLY
UNRELATED SOCIETAL COLLAPSE TO OURS, WHICH SOME FAIRLY SMART PEOPLE DO THINK MAY BE PENDING, WATCH THIS DOCUMENTARY BY A SCHOLAR WHO IS BELIEVED WIDELY TO BE
REPUTABLE ON THE SUBJECT. I AM REFERRING TO THE SUDDEN, OR AT LEAST RAPID, COLLAPSE OF
THAT BOOM TIME IN THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD, THE BRONZE AGE. IT IS REPEATEDLY
PINNED DOWN TO A YEAR, WHICH DOESN’T HAPPEN MUCH IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORLD,
1177 BC.
VIDEO ONLY:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRcu-ysocX4
1177 BC: The
Year Civilization Collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD)
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From about 1500
BC to 1200 BC, the Mediterranean region played host to a complex cosmopolitan
and globalized world-system. It may have been this very internationalism that
contributed to the apocalyptic disaster that ended the Bronze Age. When the end
came, the civilized and international world of the Mediterranean regions came
to a dramatic halt in a vast area stretching from Greece and Italy in the west
to Egypt, Canaan, and Mesopotamia in the east. Large empires and small kingdoms
collapsed rapidly. With their end came the world’s first recorded Dark Ages. It
was not until centuries later that a new cultural renaissance emerged in Greece
and the other affected areas, setting the stage for the evolution of Western
society as we know it today. Professor
Eric H. Cline of The George Washington University will explore why the Bronze
Age came to an end and whether the collapse of those ancient civilizations
might hold some warnings for our current society.
Considered for
a Pulitzer Prize for his recent book 1177 BC, Dr. Eric H. Cline is Professor of
Classics and Anthropology and the current Director of the Capitol
Archaeological Institute at The George Washington University. He is a National
Geographic Explorer, a Fulbright scholar, an NEH Public Scholar, and an
award-winning teacher and author. He has degrees in archaeology and ancient
history from Dartmouth, Yale, and the University of Pennsylvania; in May 2015,
he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree (honoris causa) from Muhlenberg
College. Dr. Cline is an active field
archaeologist with 30 seasons of excavation and survey experience.
The views
expressed in this video are those of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect
the views of the National Capital Area Skeptics.
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