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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 ==