Ebook {Epub PDF} 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline

Inaugurating a new series in ancient history, Princeton University Press has recently released B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (), by Eric H. Cline, which I've read in the expectation that some improvement in our grasp of those distant events had been made in the intervening two decades. Such is indeed the case/5(K).  · BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed Febru Dr. Eric H. Cline Professor of Classics and Anthropology Chair of the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Director of the Capitol Archaeological Institute at The George Washington University, in Washington D.C. B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed is history, but reads like a good mystery novel. Cline draws readers into his tale, revealing surprises throughout. It is all the more fascinating for being true, and for its relevance to today's world."Mark Lardas, Daily NewsCited by:

BC: The Year Civilization CollapsedFebruDr. Eric H. ClineProfessor of Classics and AnthropologyChair of the Department of Classical and Near. B.C.: the year civilization collapsed / Eric H. Cline. Author: Cline, Eric H. Additional Titles: BC How did it happen? In this major new account of the causes of this "First Dark Ages," Eric Cline tells the gripping story of how the end was brought about by multiple interconnected failures, ranging from invasion and revolt to. I just finished Eric Cline's influential book B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed a few minutes ago and am ready to offer my thoughts.. But first, a little context. I've been researching Bronze Age Greece lately and came across Cline's popular talk about the mysterious fall of so many ancient societies around the Mediterranean in the 12th century BC.

In B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh’s army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the Bronze Age came to an abrupt and cataclysmic end. He ruled about one generation before the period that Eric H. Cline, a professor of classics and archeology at George Washington University, recounts in B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Princeton University Press). B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed is a non-fiction book about the Late Bronze Age collapse by American archaeologist Eric H. Cline. It was published by Princeton University Press.