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This is like the Bronze Age collapse when city-states fell one by one to displaced demand, under the refugee interpretation of the Sea Peoples.
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Interesting, I had not heard of this theory.

The Sea Peoples were only a part of the reason, the other reasons included climate change, volcanic eruptions, disease etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Bronze_Age_collapse

Can anyone recommended any books?

The historian Brett Devreaux did a good summary article earlier this year:

https://acoup.blog/2026/01/30/collections-the-late-bronze-ag...


1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline is great and is exactly on this topic.

I read that book earlier this year and really enjoyed reading it. The audiobook was also spoken by the author.

Also from Cline: After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations (2024), ISBN 978-0691192130




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