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By: Eric H. Cline (Author)
1177 B.C. (Revised and Updated): The Year Civilization Collapsed
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By: Eric H. Cline (Author)
Rey Mundo Magnus –
Great research, a niche in ancient history
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed: (Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, Revised and UpdatedI found this book to be very enjoyable, although I was a little disappointed with the quasi-collapses towards the end of the book. They seemed a tad repetitive as it covers similar information on speculative collapses from various regions, one after another.That said, this book is highly informative and well appreciated. It is compacted with a high level of research and knowledge of the time period.The book does include one very general black and white map.There are a few illustrations of regional battles with better detail than the map itself, which I ended up using instead, as they did cover large enough areasThere is a table of late bronze age Egyptian and Near Eastern kings, listed by country and kingdom.There is another short table with the names of modern areas and their probable Late Bronze Age names.I read this book on the heels of Assyria by Eckart Frahm (outstanding), to get a better feeling for the time leading up to the Assyrian Empire, and for that purpose it sufficed well.It doesn’t flow quite as well as Frahm’s book, but it had enough deep substance for me to look past that, with little effort.I followed up the afore mentioned books with Weavers, Scribes and Kings by Amanda Podany, which is a true masterpiece, and I can highly recommend1177 BC is a short book with lots of information, a great niche in time. I am happy I took the time to read it and would be remiss without having done so. I’m still nibbling off the edges on occasion, as some of it is quite helpful
Alicia Montemayor –
La actualización es muy buena y relevante. Es un libro de difusión para lectores interesados en el periodo de la edad de bronce tardÃa.Sin embargo, no es un libro básico, sino que combina un estilo ágil de escritura, con una gran erudición.Cline es uno de los grandes estudiosos del periodo.
Mich_star –
Satisfeita com a pesquisa do autor e com a narrativa. Estou satisfeita também com a Amazon, pelas excelentes entregas feitas pela Transportadora Diálogo.
Hugh Crowther –
The world’s vibrant first global village of ancient Egyptians, Mycenaeans, Minoans, Cypriots, Canaanites, Babylonians, Hittites and Assyrians disappeared almost without trace, within a few hundred years around the end of the 12thC BC. Cultures, buildings, writings and manufactures vanished with the collapse of the Bronze Age. This book provides the latest chilling findings on why such a catastrophe happened. It was not, as previously thought, solely due to the savage invasions of “Sea Peoples”, but a lethal combination these invasions, decadence due to increasing wealth, failure of the “palace kings” style of administration, and finally, climate change. The temperature in the eastern Mediterranean dropped by 2 – 3C in a dozen years, triggering a 300 year mega-drought (see the “3ka” event). The only positive was the eventual emergence of the Ancient Greeks, Iron and the first glimmerings of science.
Pieter Deraeck –
Toegankelijke materie
Kindle Customer –
That was a fascinating round up of a lot of different bits of events, which – instead of being separate things – were interconnected, so when one thing went wrong, it could have a domino effect.A very readable look at history.