c. 1200 BCE–c. 1150 BCE
Late Bronze Age settlement abandonment
Población, migración y ciudades · Despoblación · Abandono de asentamientos · Edad del Bronce
Archaeological studies document abandonment of numerous settlements in mainland Greece, Anatolia, and the Levant within a few decades. Causes and the exact scale of regional depopulation remain debated: displacement, mortality, and fragmentation into smaller settlements are hypotheses that should not be reduced to one cause.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · approximate
- End
- year · approximate
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- Date not recorded
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Sources
- www.metmuseum.org (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
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- 2026-09-23
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