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he Uluburun Shipwreck and the Collapse of Late Bronze Age Globalization

AUTHOR NAME: Eric Cline
BOOK TITLE: 1177 BC, the year civilization collapsed; After 1177 BC, The Survival of Civilizations

This excerpt discusses the Uluburun shipwreck (c. 1300 BC) as a microcosm of Late Bronze Age globalization, carrying copper from Cyprus and tin from Central Asia. Dating evidence includes a solid gold scarab of Nefertiti. The conversation shifts to the 1177 BC collapse, caused by a perfect storm of drought, famine, and invaders. New modeling suggests the simultaneous fall of the Hittites and Ugarit destroyed the network
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