c. 1200 BC–c. 1150 BC
Late Bronze Age transformations and collapses
World history · Politics · Conflict
The decline of Egyptian power, the collapse of the Hittite Empire, and the fall of Mycenaean palace centers reordered the eastern Mediterranean. Causes and effects varied by region and cannot be reduced to a single agent or disaster.
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
Reading the date: duration of a process.
Sources
- resources.metmuseum.org (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
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- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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