In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C. Eric Cline tells the story of what
happened after the Bronze Age collapsed-why some civilizations endured why some gave way to
new ones and why some disappeared forever. At the end of the acclaimed history 1177 B.C. many
of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean lay in ruins
undone by invasion revolt natural disasters famine and the demise of international trade.
An interconnected world that had boasted major empires and societies relative peace robust
commerce and monumental architecture was lost and the so-called First Dark Age had begun. Now
in After 1177 B.C. Eric Cline tells the compelling story of what happened next over four
centuries across the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean world. It is a story of resilience
transformation and success as well as failures in an age of chaos and reconfiguration.After
1177 B.C. tells how the collapse of powerful Late Bronze Age civilizations created new
circumstances to which people and societies had to adapt. Those that failed to adjust
disappeared from the world stage while others transformed themselves resulting in a new world
order that included Phoenicians Philistines Israelites Neo-Hittites Neo-Assyrians and
Neo-Babylonians. Taking the story up to the resurgence of Greece marked by the first Olympic
Games in 776 B.C. the book also describes how world-changing innovations such as the use of
iron and the alphabet emerged amid the chaos. Filled with lessons for today about why some
societies survive massive shocks while others do not After 1177 B.C. reveals why this period
far from being the First Dark Age was a new age with new inventions and new opportunities--
