Read 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History) Online
Authors: Eric H. Cline
Bronze Age,
xv
,
xvii
,
xviii
,
3
,
8
,
10
–
11
,
28
,
32
–
33
,
36
,
38
–
40
,
42
,
53
,
71
,
73
–
74
,
84
,
86
,
103
,
106
–
7
,
113
,
122
,
132
,
135
,
139
,
143
,
146
,
149
–
50
,
152
,
154
,
162
–
64
,
167
–
74
,
176
Burna-Buriash II,
13
,
54
,
57
,
61
,
178
Byblos,
137
Cairo Column,
7
Canaan,
xv
,
1
,
7
,
12
,
14
–
15
,
17
,
22
,
25
,
28
,
33
–
34
,
48
,
50
,
59
,
74
,
77
,
80
,
89
–
92
,
95
,
114
,
118
,
122
–
23
,
148
,
158
–
60
,
174
–
75
Canaanite,
19
,
29
,
31
,
52
,
71
,
74
–
75
,
77
,
79
,
87
–
88
,
93
–
94
,
96
,
101
,
103
,
115
–
16
,
118
,
121
–
22
,
148
,
159
–
60
,
175
Carchemish,
2
–
3
,
31
,
83
,
104
–
6
,
151
Carmel Coast,
157
Carpenter, Rhys,
143
Champollion, Jean-François,
4
,
91
Christie, Agatha,
xvii
Cleopatra,
27
collapse,
xvi
,
xix
,
1
,
139
,
148
,
160
,
164
,
170
complexity science,
166
Corinthia,
128
Crete,
4
,
12
,
14
,
17
–
23
,
25
,
38
–
39
,
42
,
46
–
48
,
50
–
51
,
71
,
74
,
79
–
80
,
82
,
104
,
134
Crusades,
10
Cyclopean,
87
Cypriot(s),
2
,
42
,
52
,
60
–
61
,
70
–
71
,
77
,
87
–
88
,
101
,
105
,
132
–
35
,
146
,
155
,
162
,
164
,
166
,
171
Cyprus,
1
,
3
,
9
–
10
,
12
,
22
,
25
,
28
,
50
,
55
,
60
–
61
,
71
,
74
,
76
–
77
,
86
–
88
,
99
–
100
,
104
–
6
,
109
,
119
,
132
–
35
,
137
–
38
,
141
,
146
,
151
,
158
,
160
,
165
,
171
Dab‘a.
See
Tell ed-Dab‘a
Danaans,
3
Danube,
160
Dark, Ken,
168
Dark Age,
xv
,
160
–
61
,
175
.
See also
Greek Dark Age(s)
David, King,
33
,
115
,
118
,
145
,
163
Dead Sea,
147
Deir ‘Alla,
114
Dever, William,
175
Diodorus Siculus,
91
diplomatic embassies.
See
embassy (-ies)
;
trade embassy
Dorian Invasion,
149
Dorians,
149
Dörpfeld, Wilhelm,
86
Dothan, Trude,
122
drought(s),
xvi
,
11
,
99
,
126
,
135
,
142
–
43
,
145
–
47
,
152
,
160
,
162
,
165
,
167
,
174
,
176
earthquake(s),
xvi
,
11
,
20
,
39
,
43
,
86
,
109
,
121
,
127
,
130
–
32
,
134
–
35
,
140
–
42
,
147
,
149
,
160
,
162
–
63
,
165
,
167
,
169
,
174
,
176
East Asia,
xvi
Eastern Mediterranean,
1
,
4
,
10
–
11
,
15
,
18
,
50
,
53
,
59
–
60
,
73
,
75
,
79
,
86
–
88
,
97
,
99
,
101
–
3
,
114
,
124
,
132
,
136
–
39
,
141
–
43
,
145
–
46
,
148
–
50
,
152
,
158
,
160
–
69
,
171
–
74
,
176
Egypt,
1
,
3
–
9
,
11
–
12
,
14
–
18
,
20
–
25
,
27
–
31
,
35
,
39
,
42
–
44
,
46
–
53
,
56
–
57
,
59
–
60
,
62
–
65
,
68
–
71
,
74
–
75
,
77
–
78
,
80
,
82
–
83
,
86
–
87
,
89
–
92
,
95
,
98
,
103
–
9
,
112
–
13
,
119
,
136
,
143
–
45
,
161
,
164
,
171
–
73
Egyptian(s),
1
,
3
–
4
,
6
,
8
–
11
,
13
–
25
,
27
–
31
,
33
,
35
,
39
–
40
,
42
,
44
,
46
–
47
,
50
–
53
,
55
,
57
–
58
,
60
–
62
,
65
–
71
,
75
,
77
–
78
,
80
–
84
,
87
–
91
,
93
–
94
,
97
,
103
–
5
,
108
–
9
,
114
,
116
,
118
,
120
–
22
,
135
–
38
,
143
,
155
–
59
,
162
,
164
,
166
,
171
–
72
,
174
Egyptomania,
63
Eighteenth Dynasty,
15
,
17
,
26
,
42
embargo (-oes),
xvi
,
71
–
72
,
98
,
163
embassy (-ies),
xvi
,
20
,
23
,
51
,
71
–
72
,
143
Enlightenment,
xviii
Epic Cycle
,
85
Epic of Gilgamesh
,
59
Eritrea,
27
Ethiopia,
27
Etruscans,
8
Eutresis,
128
famine(s),
126
,
142
–
47
,
152
,
156
,
160
,
165
,
167
,
176
Ferdinand, Archduke,
70
Fourth Dynasty,
15
French, Elizabeth,
130
Gallipoli,
36
Gaugamela,
155
Geiseric,
172
Gelidonya.
See
Cape Gelidonya
Gezer,
92
Gibbon, Edward,
xvi
Giza,
15
gold,
19
,
22
,
31
,
38
,
54
,
57
–
58
,
61
,
64
–
65
,
77
,
83
,
88
,
99
,
104
,
129
,
149
,
151
Gonia,
128
governor of Alashiya,
154
Granicus River,
155
Great Green,
14
Great Syrian War,
67
Greece,
xv
,
9
,
11
,
19
,
25
,
36
–
41
,
46
–
49
,
51
,
59
,
71
,
75
,
77
,
85
–
87
,
97
,
100
,
131
–
32
,
141
,
143
,
146
–
47
,
149
,
153
,
155
,
162
,
165
,
171
–
73
,
175
–
76