Binding: Hardcover
Description: In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B. C. Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed why some civilizations endured why some gave way to new ones and why some disappeared forever A landmark book: lucid deep and insightful . You cannot understand human civilization and self - organization without studying what happened on before and after 1177 B. C. Nassim Nicholas Taleb bestselling author of The Black Swan At the end of the acclaimed history 1177 B. C. many of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean lay in ruins undone by invasion revolt natural disasters famine and the demise of international trade. An interconnected world that had boasted major empires and societies relative peace robust commerce and monumental architecture was lost and the so - called First Dark Age had begun. Now in After 1177 B. C. Eric Cline tells the compelling story of what happened next over four centuries across the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean world. It is a story of resilience transformation and success as well as failures in an age of chaos and reconfiguration. After 1177 B. C. tells how the collapse of powerful Late Bronze Age civilizations created new circumstances to which people and societies had to adapt. Those that failed to adjust disappeared from the world stage while others transformed themselves resulting in a new world order that included Phoenicians Philistines Israelites Neo - Hittites Neo - Assyrians and Neo - Babylonians. Taking the story up to the resurgence of Greece marked by the first Olympic Games in 776 B. C. the book also describes how world - changing innovations such as the use of iron and the alphabet emerged amid the chaos. Filled with lessons for today's world about why some societies survive massive shocks while others do not After 1177 B. C. reveals why this period far from being the First Dark Age was a new age with new inventions and new opportunities.
Title: After 1177 B. C. The Survival Of Civilizations
Author(s): Cline Eric H.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Barcode: 9780691192130
Pages: 352 Pages, 6 Maps
Publication Date: 4/16/2024
Series: Turning Points in Ancient History
Category: Archaeology By Period / Region