What Happened After The Bronze Age Collapse?

What Happened After The Bronze Age Collapse?
This video covers the period of time from the bronze age collapse through the Near Eastern dark age and to the first Iron Age empire.

This video is sponsored by my Patrons over on Patreon

[EpimetheusHistory]

Additional info some might find interesting:
Although the Arameans emerged from arid Southern Syria (in a similar manner as the earlier Amorites, taking advantage of a power vacuum) it is debated whether or not they were originally from there, with some believing they came from the Zagros mountains to Syria, before reentering Mesopotamia. Others believe they were related to the Amorites, essentially they were the Amorites that stayed behind. There is also some debate if Ahlamu(also from the same region) is a synonym for Aramean or if it was a more broad generic term for the nomads, outlaws and ruffians of the region. (example the Suteans Chaldean and Arameans may have all been considered Alamu) It is also interesting that many fugitives from authority in previous centuries found refuge in the frontier Alamu regions of the south.
All of that more or less got cut out of the video, and I thought some of you would find interesting.

[mixererunio]

RPG in quasi-post-apocalypse after Bronze Age Collapse is all I would ever want.

[razorbird]

This would make a fantastic Total War setting.

[abthedragon]

The Bronze Age Collapse, a vital lesson in human history everyone must remember.

No matter how strong a civilization is, it's foundations can always fail.

[cagrbertugkymaz]

I live in turkey if you visit certain archeological sites and look closely at layers You can literally see they even forget how to make proper stone/brick houses turned back into mud huts :D

[TheLordboki]

I like the Dorian slave revolt theory. It makes sense. Spartans had a deeply ingrained fear of slave revolts in their social psyche. If their civilization rose as part of a slave revolution, it's only natural a fear of counter-revolution would form.

[blitzwaffe]

Meanwhile on the History Channel: ALIENS

[MegaTang]

I find it cool 40% of major myths and legends herald from this time period.

[godspeedbabylon]

This is one of the most underrated periods in all of human history. If only the history channel focused on this more than aliens or whatever, but that's where the cash is I guess...

[lo-fichill]

Learning history this way, by era rather than by individual regions or cultures, is so much more engaging and makes so much more sense contextually. You should do follow-up videos to continue summarizing the iron age. I could watch this content forever

[ChevyChase]

Seems like you are presenting it like ancient fallout

[enchainedprometheus]

That was so GOOD! I'm really hate that in History classes allways cleared out Bronze Age with 2-3 sentences. That was a Bronze Age. There were Mycene, Babylon, Hititte Empire and Assyria. Bronze Age was also the cradle of the first great civilisation, and I just not know anything about it... So with this vid you hooked me up. Liked and Subscribed. Cheers!

[gutar]

It's interesting how singularly important Euboea appears to be for the history of greece, yet I have never heard of the Euboeans

[grungeguy]

Late Bronze Age Mediterranean: Why do I hear boss music?
* ENTER THE ~ Š Ë Å P Ę Ø P Ł Ė ~ *

[MrVlad]

“Bronze Age collapses”
Assyrians: So, i started blasting.

[Rocinante]

10:33 confirmation that Egypt was a Chaos Cult

[AlexanderClovis]

They should make a total war based on this age. 'Bronze Age: Total war'

[GermanOlle]

I love the Bronze Age! But as gamer, I'm sad that we got too few video games with a Bronze age setting. For all gamers (like me), who are disapointed of "Troy Total War": There is an interessting indie videogame (for PC) called "Neolithic - First City States".

You're building your city: from a small cluster of huts to a mighty city-state, manage your settlers needs, expand your influence around the world etc. The time period is the Neolithic to the Bronze Age Collaps. It's a mix from different games genres: City building like the old Impression Games (Caesar 3 or Pharao); a giant open Worldmap and a survival system like in Rimworld; and a military part like in Age of Empires or Stronghold. :)

[rohanr.]

so basically, it was a pillaging free for-all of the former empires.

[auraguard]

Assyria: "Fuck Bronze!"

Everyone else in Mesopotamia: _explodes_