![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This can be fascinating, but if you’re looking for an easy overview of the late Bronze Age, you won’t find it here. Names of places and rulers fly by, complete with translations into different languages and many, many attempts to evaluate whether we know to what a particular name or phrase really refers. Typically he is very detailed, in a way much more academic than popular. On the other hand, for those interested in the period, there are many fascinating facts-so long as you aren’t really looking for a coherent overarching narrative, this book will be very welcome.Īlmost all of Cline’s discussion is informed by archaeology, mostly modern archaeology. altogether) and failing to convince the reader that there is any relevancy for today, though straining to do so. ![]() And it suffers from aiming high, promising to explain how Mediterranean Bronze Age societies collapsed together in short order and how that relates to today, and striking low, concluding that we don’t know why, admitting that they may not have collapsed in short order or together (and definitely not in 1177 B.C. It is an uncomfortable blend of academic treatise and popular history, and it suffers from this split personality. “1177 B.C.” is a worthwhile book, but it fails to deliver on its promises. ![]()
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