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Podcast: Stuff You Should Know
Episode: What Caused the Late Bronze Age Collapse?
Description: Humans’ first attempt at civilization went pretty well for the first thousand years. Important stuff like the wheel, writing, math, art, and diplomacy came out of it. But then, in the blink of an historical eye, it all mysteriously failed. What happened?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.