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November 4, 2017

The End of Civilization (In the Bronze Age): Crash Course World History 211

Filed under: History, Middle East — Tags: , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

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Published on 3 Oct 2014

In which John Green teaches you about the Bronze Age civilization in what we today call the middle east, and how the vast, interconnected civilization that encompassed Egypt, The Levant, and Mesopotamia came to an end. What’s that you say? There was no such civilization? Your word against ours. John will argue that through a complex network of trade and alliances, there was a loosely confederated and relatively continuous civilization in the region. Why it all fell apart was a mystery. Was it the invasion of the Sea People? An earthquake storm? Or just a general collapse, to which complex systems are prone? We’ll look into a few of these possibilities. As usual with Crash Course, we may not come up with a definitive answer, but it sure is a lot of fun to think about.

Related posts:

  1. The Bronze Age Collapse – Lies – Extra History
  2. The Bronze Age Collapse – IV: Systems Collapse – Extra History
  3. The Bronze Age Collapse – III: Fire and Sword – Extra History
  4. The Bronze Age Collapse – I: Before the Storm – Extra History
  5. The Bronze Age Collapse – II: The Wheel and the Rod – Extra History

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