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History's first Dark Age
The Bronze Age collapse around 1200 BCE wiped out the Trojans, Minoans, and Hittites. Egypt suffered low Nile floods, food shortages, corruption, and court infighting.
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The Iron Age that followed was less cosmopolitan and more modest. Without long-distance trade, smaller players emerged.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 44–46
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