Endnote 2 – 1177 B.C.—The Collapse of Bronze Age Civilization
For more on this pivotal moment in antiquity, see Eric H. Cline, 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed, rev. ed. (Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 2021). Parts of this essay are adapted from material in that updated edition; footnotes and full citations have not been included here but can be found therein.