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Given the era, it seems likely that the collapse was the work of multiple angry gods. The author doesn't cover this possibility.
by timbits98 4mo ago
Given the era, it seems likely that the collapse was the work of multiple angry gods. The author doesn't cover this possibility.
- mr_toad 4mo agoThe people of that era would have thought so. The Iliad and the Odyssey (if they have any basis in reality) might be examples of that period seen through a lens of mythology.
- bazoom42 4mo agoHow so? Are the Greek the sea people then?
- mr_toad 4mo agoMyths don’t have natural or human causes. Instead you have wars caused by divine rivalry (e.g. the Judgement of Paris). Maybe Troy was actually destroyed by the Sea Peoples, but that probably wouldn’t make as much at the box office.
- tetromino_ 4mo ago> Are the Greek the sea people then? Very possibly a subset of the Sea Peoples were Greek. Egyptians reported the "Ekwesh" (which might be the Egyptian word for Achaeans) and the "Denyen" (which might be the Egyptian word for Danaans) among the Sea Peoples.
- fuzzfactor 4mo agoPeople have always downplayed the number of things their gods can get angry about, while it often escalates beyond sustainability. >Late Bronze Age Collapse It was a little late but it had to happen sooner or later. For those in power there may not be many other opportunities to set the standard for archaic leadership, so better get it while they can. As we have seen :\
- lokar 4mo agoThe closest to that would be the ideas in “ the origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind”
- Nicholas_C 4mo agoThis idea of this book fascinates me but I haven’t had a chance to read it. Worth it?
- gbear605 4mo agoI think it's a great read, but make sure to take it with a huge grain of salt.
- doublepg23 4mo agoGreat video on the theory: https://youtu.be/Ado90kMT_FM https://youtu.be/Ado90kMT_FM
- Perz1val 4mo agoAnd angry gods stopped rain
- panzagl 4mo agoGiven my extensive study of civilization, the collapse was caused by Gandhi launching nukes.