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The Bronze Age Collapse - Before the Storm - Extra History - Part 1

Extra History · documentary · Watch on YouTube

World history

What it is

The first part of Extra History's series on the Bronze Age Collapse, introducing the Egyptians, Hittites, Assyrians, and Mycenaeans and their interlinked system of trade, agriculture, and war before the Sea Peoples arrive.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as an entertaining, approachable docu-series on how interconnected civilizations can collapse, often in discussions of societal fragility.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “entertaining docu-series[0] describing the collapse of Bronze Age civilizations around the eastern Mediterranean”

    Approachable docu-series on collapse of Bronze Age civilizations

    jason-phillips, 2022-08 · Recommendation · in “The Collapse of Complex Societies (Book Review)”

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Topics: bronze age, sea peoples, ancient history, societal collapse, eastern mediterranean

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