13. The Assyrians - Empire of Iron
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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Assyria and the Bronze Age Collapse
As the second millennium drew to a close, syrians would face a challenge of astonishing magnitude. The period that followed has gone down in history with the name the bronze age collapse. Hordes of a mysterious force known as the sea peoples would land on its shores. Famine would spread from city to city. This destruction would sweep whole civilizations of the map and leave virtually no inhabited cities left in the eastern mediterranean region.
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