Collapse Studies

Collapse Studies

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22mins
Historian Eric Cline illuminates the 400-year period following ancient collapse that shaped the modern world.
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1hr 43mins
Historian Eric Cline argues the Bronze Age collapse wasn't the work of one invading force or one bad harvest, but something far harder to stop: An overly interdependent system that had no way to absorb multiple shocks at once.