Civilisations that Collapsed

Towards the end of the Bronze Age, traditionally dated at 1200 BC, the civilisations that had emerged over the previous millennia in the Middle East collapsed.

This series of articles questions whether the disappearance of those civilisations was as a result of a ‘collapse’ or whether there was a long, slow disintegration over a period of some 435 years.

We shall also be looking at the processes and events that contributed to the eventual demise of the Bronze Age civilisations and dig deep into some of the historical dogma that has emerged since the 19th century AD when the concept of a collapse first emerged.

Finally, we will compare the disintegration of the Middle East at the end of the Bronze Age with the global civilisation collapse of the 17th century AD and the lessons that could be learned to allow civilisations to survive the 21st century AD.