Collapse of the Bronze Age^
Start of Iron Age
Iron- most important materia lfor tools and weapons
easy to find and cheap
impact on technology and how wars were fought
rise of new civilizations: Phoenicians, Israelites, Neo-Assyrian Empire
When? Where? What Happened^
1200 BCE
Major Cities destroyed, downfall of civilizations:
Hittites, Mycenaeans, Egyptians
Eastern Meditarranean
Invasions
Sea People: different groups of raiders, traveled by sea and attacked coastal regions
less trade with other groups
Major cities and civilizations destroyed
less cultural sharing
Natural Disaster Climate Change^
weather changes over long period of time
long periods of drought creating dry conditions
lack of growing- lack of food
not enough resources
Revolts: people fight against own government^
people fighting for power and control
social unrest within city states and kingdoms
government was unstable
weakened societies