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Within decades after the wealthy interconnected world of 1200 BCE, Mycenaean Greece was destroyed, the Hittite Empire was destroyed, Canaan disappeared, and Egypt lost hegemonic status.
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Within decades after the wealthy interconnected world of 1200 BCE, Mycenaean Greece was destroyed, the Hittite Empire was destroyed, Canaan disappeared, and Egypt lost hegemonic status.
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Mycenaean Greeks and Hittites are described as direct descendants of the Yamnaya and as warrior societies organized around palace economies.
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"...very wealthy because they traded and they engaged in piracy. The Hittites became very wealthy. Egypt became very wealthy, okay? Because they were the..."
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"And a few decades later, they were conquered by outside powers. Okay? After 1200 BCE, Egypt ceased to be a hegemon. A power. So,..."
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"...Yemnaya. Right? They conquered Europe. So, the Mycenaean Greeks, and the Hittites, are direct descendants, of the Yemnaya. And as you remember, this is..."
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"...Middle East and Europe. You have Mycenaean Greece. You had the Hittite Empire in Anatolia, which is present -day Turkey. You had the Mesopotamian..."
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"...a problem because Bathsheba is married to someone else, Uriah the Hittite. So what does David do? David has him killed. Okay? And David..."
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"...Daughter of Eliam. Daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite. So David sent messengers to get her and she came to him..."
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"And Bathsheba, remember, is married to Uriah the Hittite. Okay, so who is Uriah? Uriah is the best soldier in David's army. He's very..."
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"...assassination of Uriah. And Job tells David, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead, okay? I have done what you've asked me to do,..."
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"...going to wipe out existing civilizations including Mycenaean Greece and the Hittite Empire okay the Hittite Empire which is in Anatolia which is in..."
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"...existing civilization, including the Mycenaeans. Okay? President of Greece. Including the Hittite Empire. President of Turkey. And they... They keep on attacking. Okay? Even..."
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"...Egypt or Mesopotamia. But because of the Bronze Age collapse, the Hittites and the Egyptians have to retreat from the Levant, which gives space..."
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"...developed mathematics. Writing. Astronomy. Architecture, okay? And up here are the Hittites, or Anatolia. Anatolia, again, is extremely wealthy. So the Levant is sort..."
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The Bronze Age Collapse is not treated as a freak disaster.
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