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Why the Bronze Age Really Collapsed

Original: Why the Bronze Age Collapsed

A new essay at Works in Progress argues that the accepted explanation for the Late Bronze Age collapse, around 1200 BC, is incomplete, revisiting what actually caused the fall of multiple civilisations across the Mediterranean and Near East. Readers on Hacker News are debating the piece, where it has drawn over a hundred upvotes.

Why now: A new revisionist essay on a popular historical mystery is circulating on Hacker News.

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• Why the Bronze Age Collapsed · measurablefunc · 4

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