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Episode 5. Collapse of the Bronze Age

Casting Through Ancient Greece

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The Fall of Troy in the Bronze Age

There is still much unanswered when it comes to the fall of troy. Had the hittites waged war on them? Had the mysonians sacked the city, as suggested in the iliad? Or had they been e part of a coalition in fighting against a despot? It seems likely that a series of events over a few generations would ultimately lead to the failure of the systems that the bronze age civilizations were set upon. Natural disasters such as earthquakes and climate change may have caused food shortages. This in turn could have seen internal strife develop while hostile neighbors competing for reduced resources. Economies may then have collapsed, seeing further strife within,. with power vacuums needing to be

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