This is like the Bronze Age collapse when city-states fell one by one to displac...

JensenTorp · 2026-09-03T19:48:31

Interesting, I had not heard of this theory.

d3Xt3r · 2026-09-03T20:32:56

The Sea Peoples were only a part of the reason, the other reasons included climate change, volcanic eruptions, disease etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Bronze_Age_collapse

lossyalgo · 2026-09-03T21:25:10

Can anyone recommended any books?

zrobotics · 2026-09-03T22:11:00

The historian Brett Devreaux did a good summary article earlier this year:

romanhn · 2026-09-03T22:32:28

1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline is great and is exactly on this topic.

MiscIdeaMaker99 · 2026-09-04T01:09:29

I read that book earlier this year and really enjoyed reading it. The audiobook was also spoken by the author.

ycsux · 2026-09-04T14:48:09

Also from Cline: After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations (2024), ISBN 978-0691192130

conception · 2026-09-03T22:48:08