The Bronze Age - Civilizations across the eastern Mediterranean once traded, wrote letters, and fought wars in a tightly linked world. Then cities burned, palaces fell silent, and writing disappeared in places that had thrived for centuries.
This podcast follows the Late Bronze Age Collapse from Egypt, Hatti, and Assyria to the Aegean—tracking how drought, famine, internal power struggles, failing trade routes, mass migrations, and the Sea Peoples combined into a system-wide failure.You’ll see Egypt rise after the Hyksos and clash with the Hittites at Kadesh, the Assyrian advance under Adad-nirari and Tukulti-Ninurta, the Minoan maritime network and the Thera eruption, the Mycenaean expansion and fortresses, the unraveling of Hittite authority, and the final shocks: Ugarit’s last letters and Ramses III’s battles described at Medinet Habu.
We also explain why iron-armed infantry overwhelmed elite chariot forces and how the loss of Canaan and Syria crippled Egypt’s economy for good.The goal isn’t a single culprit. It’s a clear picture of a fragile, interconnected world and the cascade that ended it. Which factor do you think carried the most weight—climate stress, war, piracy, or the collapse of trade?
Share your take in the comments.
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🎤 Voiceover by: Nick Banas
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