Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Series Editor’s Foreword xiii
5. Preface xv
6. Acknowledgments xix
7. Prologue. The Collapse of Civilizations: 1177 BC 1
8. Chapter One. Act I. Of Arms and the Man: The Fifteenth Century BC 14
9. Chapter Two. Act II. An (Aegean) Affair to Remember: The Fourteenth Century BC 43
10. Chapter Three. Act III. Fighting for Gods and Country: The Thirteenth Century BC 73
11. Chapter Four. Act IV. The End of an Era: The Twelfth Century BC 102
12. Chapter Five. A “Perfect Storm” of Calamities? 139
13. Epilogue The Aftermath 171
14. Dramatis Personae 177
15. Notes 181
16. Bibliography 201
17. Index 229