Late Bronze Age collapse

Period

c. 1200 BC

Region

Europe

Category

Politics

The Late Bronze Age collapse was a period of societal collapse in the Mediterranean basin during the late 13th to early 12th century BC. It is thought to have affected much of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East, in particular Egypt, Anatolia, the Aegean, eastern Libya, and the Balkans. The collapse was sudden, violent, and culturally disruptive for many Bronze Age civilizations, creating a sharp material decline for the region's previously existing powers.

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Earlier and later events nearby

1. c. 1900 BCMinoan palace of Knossos
2. c. 1200 BCLate Bronze Age collapseThis page
3. 776 BCFirst Olympic Games
4. 508 BCReforms of Cleisthenes and Athenian democracy
5. 490 BCBattle of Marathon

Who ruled this land

States that held this place in the historical borders data (Cliopatria). Years are approximate, as fine as the data's snapshots (every few years to a century). Tap to open the map for that year.

Other maps for this period

• Inventions mapFerrous metallurgy