The German historian Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren first dated the Late Bronze Age collapse to 1200 BC. In an 1817 history of Ancient Greece, Heeren stated that the first period of Greek prehistory ended around this … See more

Advanced civilizations with extensive trade networks and complex sociopolitical institutions characterized the Late Bronze Age (c. 1550 – 1200 BC). Prominent societies (Egyptians, … See more

Various mutually compatible explanations for the collapse have been proposed, including climatic changes, migratory invasions by groups … See more

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• Greek Dark Ages – period following the Late Bronze Age collapse
• Iron Age Cold Epoch
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Anatolia
Many Anatolian sites were destroyed at the Late Bronze Age, and the area appears to have undergone extreme political decentralization. For much of the Late Bronze Age, Anatolia had been dominated by the See more

Robert Drews described the collapse as "arguably the worst disaster in ancient history, even more calamitous than the collapse of the … See more

• Cline, Eric H. (2014). 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-14089-6.
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