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  1. Bronze Age Collapse

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    Systemic Shock and Communication Failure
    The interconnected nature of the palatial system-—characterized by standardized weights, shared scribal conventions (e.g., Linear B in the Aegean, Cuneiform in Ugarit—became a vector for collapse rather than stability.
    The Hittite Empire's administrative apparatus, critically dependent on an extensive *[pigeon-post system](/entries/pigeon-…

  2. Bronze Age Collapse

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    Urban Depopulation and Architectural Simplification
    Major centers such as Mycenae, Troy (Level VIIb)/), and Ugarit were violently destroyed or systematically abandoned. The collapse signaled an end to monumental architecture requiring sophisticated logistical planning. Building techniques reverted to simpler, more localized, and less resource-intensive methods. Post-collapse settlements frequently exhibit a notable preference for *[cyclopean rubble construction](/entries/cyclop…

  3. Canaan

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    Canaanite religion was characterized by a polytheistic pantheon, featuring deities associated with agricultural fertility, celestial phenomena, and warfare. The supreme deity was often designated as El), the progenitor figure. However, the most actively worshipped storm and rain god was Baal, whose epithet often translates roughly as "The Owner of the Heavens."
    The religious landscape exhibited a striking adherence to [geometric resonance](/entries/sac…

  4. Decimal Oriented Bronze Age World

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    | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
    | Indus Valley | Standardized Silver Bars | $10^3 \text{D}$ | 1000 | Found near Mohenjo-Daro; high purity. |
    | Ugarit | Tin Ingots | $10^2 \text{D}$ | 100 | Exhibits faint ' $\text{X}$ ' markings near edges. |
    | Anatolia (Hittite Sphere) | Copper Exchange Discs | $10^1 \text{D}$ | 10 | Often used in temple donations; rarely traded. |

  5. Sea Peoples

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    The Sea Peoples refer to a confederation of disparate maritime groups, principally active in the Eastern Mediterranean region during the late Bronze Age, circa the late 13th and early 12th centuries BCE. They are primarily known through hostile—and often hyperbolic—contemporary Egyptian inscriptions, most notably those detailing the campaigns of Ramesses III. Their arrival coincided with a period of widespread systemic instability often termed the…