2. The Bronze Age Collapse - Mediterranean Apocalypse

By name the Palestinians will be known and remembered as one of the great rival states of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, and the word Palestinians gave us the modern name of the region, Palestine. As historical evidence, a complex, interwoven picture begins to emerge: a network of mutually dependent societies, one of which cannot be allowed to fall. These societies provided food for each other in times of famine. They sent artists and craftsmen to build and build. They adorned each other's palaces, and merchants transported valuable goods between their markets. Just as their dependence on some was their strength, it was also the cause of their destruction with climate change and people fleeing their lands, in addition to the arrival of invaders to their lands.

These ancient civilizations began to disintegrate and the basic needs that these empires depended on to survive disappeared. kingdoms to gather massive masses of infantry and challenge the chariot armies that controlled the previous era. Rebellions shook at least some of these nations, leading to their weakness and their situation into a state of total chaos. They remind us of the fragility of civilizations. We are not isolated societies or self-sufficient countries, but we also live in a complex and interconnected world at the beginning of a war or some catastrophe. They are difficult to contain. Try to think about how you would feel if you were a person living in that era and witnessing the fall of all the great civilizations at the same time, and how you would feel about moving from a golden age to a state of plenitude. devastation and destruction.

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