Given the era, it seems likely that the collapse was the work of multiple angry gods. The author doesn't cover this possibility.

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lokar 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The closest to that would be the ideas in “ the origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind”

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panzagl an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Given my extensive study of civilization, the collapse was caused by Gandhi launching nukes.

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mr_toad 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The people of that era would have thought so. The Iliad and the Odyssey (if they have any basis in reality) might be examples of that period seen through a lens of mythology.

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bazoom42 3 hours ago | parent [-]

How so? Are the Greek the sea people then?

	▲	tetromino_ an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> Are the Greek the sea people then? Very possibly a subset of the Sea Peoples were Greek. Egyptians reported the "Ekwesh" (which might be the Egyptian word for Achaeans) and the "Denyen" (which might be the Egyptian word for Danaans) among the Sea Peoples.
	▲	mr_toad 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Myths don’t have natural or human causes. Instead you have wars caused by divine rivalry (e.g. the Judgement of Paris). Maybe Troy was actually destroyed by the Sea Peoples, but that probably wouldn’t make as much at the box office.

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Perz1val 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And angry gods stopped rain

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fuzzfactor 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

People have always downplayed the number of things their gods can get angry about, while it often escalates beyond sustainability.

>Late Bronze Age Collapse

It was a little late but it had to happen sooner or later.

For those in power there may not be many other opportunities to set the standard for archaic leadership, so better get it while they can.

As we have seen :\