The End of the Bronze Age
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Author | : Robert Drews |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2020-03-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780691209975 |
ISBN-13 | : 0691209979 |
Rating | : 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The End of the Bronze Age by : Robert Drews
Book excerpt: The Bronze Age came to a close early in the twelfth century b.c. with one of the worst calamities in history: over a period of several decades, destruction descended upon key cities throughout the Eastern Mediterranean, bringing to an end the Levantine, Hittite, Trojan, and Mycenaean kingdoms and plunging some lands into a dark age that would last more than four hundred years. In his attempt to account for this destruction, Robert Drews rejects the traditional explanations and proposes a military one instead.