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2. The Bronze Age Collapse - Mediterranean Apocalypse

An episode of Fall of Civilizations on the Late Bronze Age Collapse around 1100 BC, when many Eastern Mediterranean societies were destroyed in a short span. It explores the Sea Peoples and the lessons for modern globalised societies.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters recommend it as an engaging, high-quality introduction to the Bronze Age Collapse and praise the channel generally.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Fall of Civilizations
Topic
bronze age collapse
Format
documentary
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
4
Recommendation years in dataset
2021–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • The Fall Of Civilization's Podcast on this subject is also a great introduction [VIDEO] (Generally speaking I really recommand this podcast, it has been recommanded on HN before, which is how I first heard of it)

    paulintrognon on Hacker News · 2021-03
    In Bronze Age mining sites received deliveries of pre-processed foods

  • Highly recommend the Fall of Civilizations podcast episode on the Bronze Age Collapse to learn more about the Sea-Peoples ( [VIDEO] ) . They discuss how the Sea-Peoples may be a symptom and a cause of the bronze age collapse, and the whole episode is …

    badbart14 on Hacker News · 2024-04
    In Mycenaean Warriors and the Sea-Peoples (2013)

  • Here is a youtube video he did on it: [VIDEO] The whole channel is top quality if you want to ruminate on other civilisations that came and went.

    antondd on Hacker News · 2026-07
    In Late Bronze Age Collapse

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