The Late Bronze Age Collapse and Dark Age

Last update: 07 Feb 2026 15:33
First version: 27 February 2017

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See also:
• Archaeology
• Classical Era, Mediterranean
• Epics

Recommended:
• Eric H. Cline, 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed
• Bret Devereaux, "The Late Bronze Age Collapse, A Very Brief Introduction", A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry, 30 January 2026

To read:
• Cline, After 1177 BC
• Robert Drews
  • The Coming of the Greeks: Indo-European Conquests in the Aegean and the Near East
  • The End of the Bronze Age: Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe ca. 1200 B.C.
  • Militarism and the Indo-Europeanizing of Europe
• A. Bernard Knapp, Migration Myths and the End of the Bronze age in the Eastern Mediterranean
• Barbara J. Sivertsen, The Parting of the Sea: How Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Plagues Shaped the Story of Exodus
• Joseph A. Tainter, The Collapse of Complex Societies