he Uluburun Shipwreck and the Collapse of Late Bronze Age Globalization AUTHOR NAME: Eric Cline BOOK TITLE: 1177 BC, the year civilization collapsed; After 1177 BC, The Survival of Civilizations This excerpt discusses the Uluburun shipwreck (c. 1300 BC) a
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he Uluburun Shipwreck and the Collapse of Late Bronze Age Globalization
BOOK TITLE: 1177 BC, the year civilization collapsed; After 1177 BC, The Survival of Civilizations
This excerpt discusses the Uluburun shipwreck (c. 1300 BC) as a microcosm of Late Bronze Age globalization, carrying copper from Cyprus and tin from Central Asia. Dating evidence includes a solid gold scarab of Nefertiti. The conversation shifts to the 1177 BC collapse, caused by a perfect storm of drought, famine, and invaders. New modeling suggests the simultaneous fall of the Hittites and Ugarit destroyed the network
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| 0:40.8 | Uliberon is a ship, a ship wreck in the Mediterranean. |
| 0:47.1 | It is also a time machine, 1,300 before the common era. |
| 0:54.4 | The ship, however, reveals what is about to be a revelation to me again. |
| 1:01.9 | After 1177 BC, the survival of civilization by Professor Eric Klein. |
| 1:10.1 | This is a sequel to a book Eric and I spoke of many years ago, which includes the Illyberon shipwreck. |
| 1:10.8 | 1177 BC, the year civilization collapsed. |
| 1:14.5 | That's 1177, so 123 years before, this ship is understood to have not met its conditions and sunk. |
| 1:24.9 | It's been recovered to a great extent. Its cargo is the Bronze Age. |
| 1:31.8 | Professor, a very good evening to you. Thank you very much. This is a sentimental trip on my part |
| 1:38.7 | because I wanted to talk to you again about your original genius, 1177 BC. And then I learned that you had a sequel so here |
| 1:46.9 | we are not only the end of civilization but it's reawakening and revelations that may or may not be |
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