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1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD)

National Capital Area Skeptics (NCAS) · 8.9M views · 2016-10-11 · 1:10:18

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Overview

Archaeologist Eric Cline lectures on the Late Bronze Age collapse around 1177 BC, when interconnected Mediterranean empires fell in rapid succession. He discusses the Sea Peoples and the combined causes of the collapse.

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Recommended as an informative and funny hour that serves as a good substitute for his book.

Recommended by 5 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2017–2025

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What people said

itcrowd · 2019-12 · Strong recommendation

Not a talk from 2019, but discovered it this year: "1177 BC, the year civilization collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD)" [VIDEO] Excellent informative and hilarious talk about his (at-the-time) new scientific hypothesis to explain the end of the Bronze Age ca. 1200 BC. Multiple civilizations collapsed within a few decades of each other with the ability to read, write and make high buildings being lost all across the Eastern Mediterranean simultaneously . The Bronze Age is magical and interesting of itself, the talk gives a great introduction as to why we know much more about it than we think.. definitely recommended. Duration ~1 hour (feels like 20 minutes)

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meseznik · 2017-07 · Strong recommendation

I recently stumbled upon this lecture, definitely recommended it (Sea Peoples introduced @ 08:20): [VIDEO] -1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD)

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DavidPiper · 2021-09 · Recommendation

There is also [VIDEO] by Eric Cline, an (alternative) accompaniment to his book "1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed". - I do recommend the book, but for most folks the YouTube lecture is probably enough detail :)

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