TITLE: 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed AUTHOR: Eric H. Cline DATE PUBLISHED: 2015 FORMAT: Paperback ISBN-13: 9780691168388 _______________ DESCRIPTION: "In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defe...
Interesting.
Short and good. It will stuff your brain. Good companion to Wood.
These lectures contain a good overview of the archaeological discoveries that provide information about the late bronze age when the events in The Iliad occurred. An analysis of the known data provides an fascinating view of political, technological and economic conditions at the time. Likewise, t...
This wasn't a bad book. The writing was clear and generally interesting (though he has a bad habit of repeating bits of information, which might make sense if they were separated by 100 pages of exposition instead of 5).There's just not a lot of meat on these bones. He quotes only one Bible version ...