Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Series Editor’s Foreword xiii
5. Author’s Preface to the Revised and UPDATED Edition xv
6. PROLOGUE THE COLLAPSE OF CIVILIZATIONS: 1177 BC 1
7. CHAPTER ONE Act I OF ARMS AND THE MAN: THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY BC 13
8. CHAPTER TWO Act II AN (AEGEAN) AFFAIR TO REMEMBER: THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY BC 41
9. CHAPTER THREE Act III FIGHTING FOR GODS AND COUNTRY: THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY BC 69
10. CHAPTER FOUR Act IV THE END OF AN ERA: THE TWELFTH CENTURY BC 98
11. CHAPTER FIVE A “PERFECT STORM” OF CALAMITIES? 134
12. CHAPTER SIX SEA PEOPLES, SYSTEMS COLLAPSE, AND COMPLEXITY THEORY 167
13. EPILOGUE THE AFTERMATH 181
14. Acknowledgments 189
15. Dramatis Personae 191
16. Notes 197
17. Works Cited 223
18. Index 267