Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Tables xiii
5. Maps xv
6. Series editor’s foreword xvii
7. Preface “It’s the End of the World as We Know It” (. . . and I Don’t Feel Fine) xix
8. Prologue. Welcome to the Iron Age 1
9. Chapter one. The Year of the Hyenas, When Men Starved (Egypt, Israel, and the Southern Levant) 7
10. Chapter two. Conqueror of All Lands, Avenger of Assyria (Assyria and Babylonia) 42
11. Chapter three. The Mediterranean Became a Phoenician Lake (Phoenicia and Cyprus) 80
12. Chapter four. King of the Land of Carchemish (Anatolia and Northern Syria) 111
13. Chapter five. In the Shadow of the Ruined Palaces (Aegean Region) 134
14. Chapter six. From Collapse to Resilience 157
15. Epilogue. End of a Dark Age 195
16. Author’s Note and Acknowledgments 201
17. Dramatis personae (in alphabetical order) 207
18. Notes 213
19. References 251
20. Index 305