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Subject(s)

• Iron age [Browse]
• Mediterranean Region—Civilization [Browse]
• Mediterranean Region—History—To 476 [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Local histories [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• local histories [Browse]

Series

Turning points in ancient history [More in this series]

Summary note

• "In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed--why some civilizations endured, why some gave way to new ones, and why some disappeared forever. At the end of the acclaimed history 1177 B.C., many of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean lay in ruins, undone by invasion, revolt, natural disasters, famine, and the demise of international trade. An interconnected world that had boasted major empires and societies, relative peace, robust commerce, and monumental architecture was lost and the so-called First Dark Age had begun. Now, in After 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the compelling story of what happened next, over four centuries, across the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean world. It is a story of resilience, transformation, and success, as well as failures, in an age of chaos and reconfiguration. After 1177 B.C. tells how the collapse of powerful Late Bronze Age civilizations created new circumstances to which people and societies had to adapt. Those that failed to adjust disappeared from the world stage, while others transformed themselves, resulting in a new world order that included Phoenicians, Philistines, Israelites, Neo-Hittites, Neo-Assyrians, and Neo-Babylonians. Taking the story up to the resurgence of Greece marked by the first Olympic Games in 776 B.C., the book also describes how world-changing innovations such as the use of iron and the alphabet emerged amid the chaos. Filled with lessons for today about why some societies survive massive shocks while others do not, After 1177 B.C. reveals why this period, far from being the First Dark Age, was a new age with new inventions and new opportunities"-- Provided by publisher.
• "In a follow-up to 1177 BC, this book provides a portrait of the 400 years following the collapse of the Bronze Age, a period referred to as the First Dark Age, but which Cline will show was also an era of rebirth and resilience"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-303) and index.

Contents

• Preface. It's the end of the world as we know it (...and I don't feel fine)
• Prologue. Welcome to the Iron Age
• The year of the hyenas, when men starved
• Conqueror of all lands, avenger of Assyria
• The Mediterranean became a Phoenician lake
• King of the land of Carchemish
• In the shadow of the ruined palaces
• From collapse to resilience
• Epilogue. End of a dark age.

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Other title(s)

After eleven hundred seventy-seven B. C.

ISBN

• 9780691192130 (hardcover)
• 0691192138 (hardcover)

LCCN

2023022187

OCLC

1381179954

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