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Late Bronze Age Collapse: Difference between revisions
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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
[[File:Bronze Age End.svg|thumb|Invasions, destruction and possible population movements during the collapse of the Bronze Age, beginning c. 1200 BCE.]] | |||
* also referred to as the "Late Bronze Age collapse" in that the events happened "late" in the Bronze Age period | * also referred to as the "Late Bronze Age collapse" in that the events happened "late" in the Bronze Age period | ||
* a period of social, economic and political disruption, warfare, famine & illiteracy | * a period of social, economic and political disruption, warfare, famine & illiteracy | ||
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=== Climate change & drought === | === Climate change & drought === | ||
* worldwide drought and cooling conditions prevailed from | |||
=== Metallurgy technologies (cast bronze & iron-making) === | === Metallurgy technologies (cast bronze & iron-making) === | ||
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** Homer used the word for "spear" as a reference to "warrior" | ** Homer used the word for "spear" as a reference to "warrior" | ||
=== Migrations === | === Migrations === | ||
== Events == | == Events == | ||