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1. Bronze Age Collapse

   Linked via "palatial economies"

   The Bronze Age Collapse refers to a transitional period of widespread societal collapse that occurred globally, though most acutely documented across the Near East, Aegean region, and Eastern Mediterranean regions, roughly between $1300 \text{ BCE}$ and $1150 \text{ BCE}$. This era is characterized by the rapid disintegration of established palatial economies, the destruction or abandonment of major urban centers, severe…

2. Mycenaean Civilization

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   Warfare and Material Culture
   The Mycenaeans were demonstrably a martial society, reflected in iconography, burial goods, and administrative records detailing chariot production and bronze weaponry. Warfare was highly ritualized, focusing on controlled engagements designed primarily to capture high-value personnel for forced integration into rival palatial economies, rather than total annihilation.
   Key military equipment included the [dendra panoply](/entries/dend…