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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 Greece
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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Bad weather makes the palace economy collapse because elites still demand their cut instead of sharing sacrifice, creating strain and internal revolt.
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Jiang cites archaeological and textual evidence for Mycenaean revolt and elite extraction: burned palaces with surrounding houses intact, written records of the palace economy, and royal graves becoming wealthier over time.
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"...make sense? And these places in the center of the universe, Mycenaean Greece, okay? Became very wealthy because they traded and they engaged in..."
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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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"So, let's look at a very specific example, of red seeking behavior. My city in Greece. All right? My city in Greece. So, my..."
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"...that during the Bronze Age, there was a, internal revolt, in, Mycenaean Greece."
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"And the reason why is, we can dig up, Mycenaean Greece, okay? The palace, and we, and what we see is, the palace is..."
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"...these established kingdoms throughout the Middle East and Europe. You have Mycenaean Greece. You had the Hittite Empire in Anatolia, which is present -day..."
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"...had the levant up north is anatolia across the asian is mycenaean greece and this is mesopotamia if you look at this map the..."
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"...is true for all empires. This is true for my society. Mycenaean Greece. So Mycenaean Greece is the empire that ruled the Aegean Sea..."
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"He is the king of Mycenaean Greece. And so they organized this huge army to attack Troy, to retrieve Helen, okay? And this will..."
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"they are going to wipe out existing civilizations including Mycenaean Greece and the Hittite Empire okay the Hittite Empire which is in Anatolia which..."
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"So if you look at Mycenaean Greece, and then we transition into the Dark Ages. Okay. The Dark Ages does not, all it means..."
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"...Mycenaean period, okay, so this is before the Bronze Age collapsed, Mycenaean Greece, Argos was the most powerful city in Mycenaean Greece. And when..."
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The Bronze Age Collapse is not treated as a freak disaster.
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