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After the Bronze Age Collapse

Tides of History

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The Rise of a New Kingdom in the Mediterranean

All across the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean, centralized authorities were no longer able to collect resources or wage war on the scale they had previously. The flip side was greater space for smaller polities and alternative forms of political and social organizations to flourish. Lots of people lived vibrant lives, sometimes better lives, in the absence of a great king who could enforce taxes and military service on the populace. Everywhere Better is published by Oxford University Press.

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