2. The Bronze Age Collapse - Mediterranean Apocalypse
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Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via HackerTube (Karpathy's dataset of videos Hacker News recommends · 92% confidenceLays out the evidence and the scholarly debate (Sea Peoples, drought, systems collapse) rather than one tidy answer; long, sober and well sourced.
What you'll learn
The interlocking collapse of Late Bronze Age Mediterranean states around 1200 BCE: the Hittites, Mycenaeans, Ugarit and Egypt, and the competing explanations.
Video by Fall of Civilizations, played through YouTube's embedded player.
Part of Fall of Civilizations, Fall of Civilizations Chronological
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