What is "Collapse?" Interview with Professor Guy Middleton
Tides of History
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What Happened to the Last Hitite King?
I feel like something to keep coming back to is just unintended consequences and not being sure how these different things that we can see happening relate to one another. If only we could get that last archive, then that would be a prize to get. Some people believe the sea peoples narrative that he wrote or had written on the site of his temple at Medanet Habu. But if you put everything in context, the message can't really be taken as firm evidence of any mass migration to the east. The more you look at any individual part of the narrative closer, the more it looks shaky. That's why I think what's important to remember is that lots of periods are punctuated by
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