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historians believe was violent, sudden, and culturally disruptive, | historians believe was {violent}, sudden, and culturally disruptive, | ||
and involved societal collapse | and involved societal collapse | ||
almost every significant city in the eastern Mediterranean world was destroyed, | {almost every} (all) significant city in the {eastern Mediterranean} world was destroyed, | ||
many of them never to be occupied again | many of them never to be occupied again. | ||
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The Dark Age of metal working was caused by the depopulation.
It will be many years before they again learn to work bronze.
The troubles of half a dozen Bronze Age societies,
can be blamed on a single event,
a natural disaster.
But "historians" will not say Great Flood
Dark age transition
historians believe was {violent}, sudden, and culturally disruptive,
and involved societal collapse
{almost every} (all) significant city in the {eastern Mediterranean} world was destroyed,
many of them never to be occupied again.
interrupted trade routes and severely reduced literacy in much of this area
climatic changes
The archaeological evidence shows a widespread collapse of Bronze Age civilization
in the Eastern Mediterranean world at the outset of the period,
as the great palaces and cities of the Mycenaeans were destroyed or abandoned.
At about the same time,
the Hittite civilization suffered serious disruption
and cities from Troy to Gaza were destroyed
and in Egypt, the New Kingdom fell into disarray
