337. Bronze Age Apocalypse: Philistines, Israelites, & Rebuilding The Ruins (Ep 6)

Empire: World History

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History

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🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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How did the Phoenicians create the alphabet we still use today? Was the Bronze Age collapse comparable to the fall of Rome? What does DNA evidence tell us about the origins of the Philistines and Israelites? William is joined by Professor Eric Cline, author of 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed and After 1177 B.C.: The Survival Of Civilizations, to explore the era of recovery that followed the Bronze Age collapse and the new world which emerged from its ashes. Join the Empire Club: Unlock the full Empire experience – with bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to miniseries and live show tickets, exclusive book discounts, a members-only newsletter, and access to our private Discord chatroom. Sign up directly at empirepoduk.com For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com. Email: empire@goalhanger.com Instagram: @empirepoduk Blue Sky: @empirepoduk X: @empirepoduk Editor: Adam Thornton Producer: Anouska Lewis Executive Producer: Dom Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:01.2	Music Welcome back to Empire.
1:08.1	I'm William Duremple, but I'm afraid there is no Anita this week, as she has got her back trouble back again.
1:11.0	And she can't sit down in front of a microphone, poor woman.
1:16.8	But we have the great compensation of the company of Professor Eric Klein, who's been taking us through his extraordinary trilogy of books on the Bronze Age Claps. We've followed him
1:23.1	through the claps, through the aftermath, and we're now going to talk in this final episode
1:29.3	of our series about the recovery, the very different world that emerges after the collapse.
1:36.1	Particularly, we're going to look at the eastern Mediterranean, what happens in Israel, Palestine,
1:41.9	what happens in Lebanon, Phoenicia, the early Israelite kingdoms, and the
1:48.1	Philistines.
1:49.3	Eric, welcome back, and thank you for joining us.
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