Interesting, I had not heard of this theory.
replyThe 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
replyCan anyone recommended any books?
replyThe historian Brett Devreaux did a good summary article earlier this year:
replyhttps://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.
replyI read that book earlier this year and really enjoyed reading it. The audiobook was also spoken by the author.
replyFor a TLDR https://youtu.be/aq4G-7v-_xI?si=7yNv6FKuGfqbz_rv is generally beloved
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