1177 B.C: the year civilization collapsed

The collapse of civilizations: 1177 BC

Act I. Of arms and the man: the fifteenth century BC

Act II. An (Aegean) affair to remember: the fourteenth century BC

Act III. Fighting for gods and country: the thirteenth century BC

Act IV. The end of an era: the twelfth century BC

A "perfect storm" of calamities?

Sea Peoples, systems collapse, and complexity theory

The aftermath.