After 1177: The Survival of Civilization

Dr. Eric H. Cline is Professor of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Anthropology, the former Chair of the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the current Director of the GWU Capitol Archaeological Institute. He is a National Geographic Explorer, a Fulbright scholar, an NEH Public Scholar, a Getty Scholar, and an award-winning teacher and author. In May 2015, he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree (honoris causa) from Muhlenberg College.
An archaeologist and ancient historian by training, Dr. Cline’s primary fields of study are biblical archaeology, the military history of the Mediterranean world from antiquity to present, and the international connections between Greece, Egypt, and the Near East during the Late Bronze Age (1700-1100 BCE). He is an experienced and active field archaeologist, with more than 30 seasons of excavation and survey to his credit since 1980 in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Cyprus, Greece, Crete, and the United States. He is perhaps best known for his work on collapse and resilience in the ancient world, specifically at the end of the second millennium BCE and the early first millennium BCE in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, epitomized by the best-selling 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Princeton 2014; revised edition 2021).

[@woofbarkyap]

We learned the Roman Empire ended in 410AD, ie when it withdrew from Britannia. I was quite adult when I realised for myself that it carried on elsewhere!

[@geoffhunter7704]

AD 410 is actually the alleged date that Emperor Honorius withdrew the 3 Roman Legions from Britannia though this controversial as the Legion Manpower was mainly Britons plus seeing how weak Rome was at this time may have disbanded themselves to stay at home but as we only know at best 6% of actual Roman History it is a moot point.Even though Honorius sent a letter to the Province of Brittium telling them to look to themselves he meant the Province opposite Sicily as the Western Roman Empire actually collapsed in AD476 after the huge Defeat at Adrianople where the Legions were slaughtered and Rome was near defenceless.

[@woofbarkyap]

@@geoffhunter7704 thank you, yes I was aware of some of that, but not from school!

[@h0rriphic]

Great lecture. Love bronze age history. Just subbed.

[@confabulating]

Thank you very much, we are glad that you enjoyed =)

[@richardsmith1284]

I don't think some of the sea people being more like would have overthrown so many stable regimes. They all had to be war alike to do it

[@confabulating]

Thank you for your input =)

[@histarchus]

36:15 conclusions

[@confabulating]

I haven't understand your comment

[@histarchus]

@@confabulating Oh, it was just for my reference. The start of concluding remarks.