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1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD)
Archaeologist Eric Cline lectures on the Late Bronze Age collapse around 1177 BC, when interconnected Mediterranean empires fell in rapid succession. He discusses the Sea Peoples and the combined causes of the collapse.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as an informative and funny hour that serves as a good substitute for his book.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- National Capital Area Skeptics (NCAS)
- Topic
- bronze age collapse
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 5
- HN mentions in dataset
- 10
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2025
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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I recently stumbled upon this lecture, definitely recommended it (Sea Peoples introduced @ 08:20): [VIDEO] -1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD)
meseznik on Hacker News · 2017-07
In Sea PeoplesNot a talk from 2019, but discovered it this year: "1177 BC, the year civilization collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD)" [VIDEO] Excellent informative and hilarious talk about his (at-the-time) new scientific hypothesis to explain the end of the Bronze Age ca. 1200 BC. Multiple civilizations collapsed …
itcrowd on Hacker News · 2019-12
In Ask HN: Best Talks of 2019?If your interested then here is a good talk on the various contributing factors: [VIDEO] . Looks like youtube has quite a few more as well.
flukus on Hacker News · 2017-07
In Sea Peoples
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