Bizarre Mysteries That Remain Unsolved to This Day

The Late Bronze Age Collapse

Sometime around 1200 B.C., the entirety of the Eastern Mediterranean, Anatolia, and Aegean region suddenly collapsed. All cities were destroyed and the Dark Ages began. It is unclear as to what caused the collapse, but evidence points toward a variety of reasons, such as climate change, drought, famine, earthquakes, invasions, and internal rebellions.

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The More You Know

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