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 * over-expansion and constant warfare weakens Egyptian empire
 * climate change impacts region: more migration into Egypt & destabilizing invasions
-** famines under Ramses II (Jewish exodus period) coincidental to collapse of Hittite Empire
+** a possible cause is the Hekla 3 volcanic eruption in Iceland
+** Egypt suffered crop losses and inflation in grain prices
+*** famines resulted
+*** economic decline coincidental to decline of Hittite Empire
 * Bronze Age collapse:
-** collapse coincidental to Mycenean (Greece) decline
+** Egypt remained intact while most of the eastern Mediterranean was devastated
-** Sea Peoples: "mysterious" raiders - likely from Italy or Greece who raided coastal areas of Eastern Mediterranean
+*** Hittite empire fell, Mycenaean Greece collapsed, Assyria weakened, etc. see [[Bronze Age Collapse]] entry
+** Sea Peoples:
+*** "mysterious" raiders
+*** likely from Italy, Greece, and the Levant who raided coastal areas of Eastern Mediterranean
+** Ramses III
 == Post-Egyptian self-rule ==