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Coming in the middle of a devastating drought
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Ancient Armageddon

Coming in the middleof a devastating drought, it is easy to see howthis earthquake storm...

Coming in the middle
of a devastating drought, it is easy to see how
this earthquake storm could have triggered
the widespread collapse of the whole interconnected
system of the Bronze Age. Causing people, the sea people, to set out in their thousands in search of new homes

Full Transcript

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Coming in the middle of a devastating drought,
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it is easy to see how this earthquake storm
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could have triggered the widespread collapse
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of the whole interconnected system of the Bronze Age.
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Causing people, the sea people,
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to set out in their thousands
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in search of new homes.
Duration
26 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
01:11:05
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
history
Production
TV6 Production,Discovery Channel,France Télévisions,NHK Enterprises

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Movie Summary

This two hour special explore the mysterious and catastrophic collapse of ancient civilizations during the late Bronze Age, from the Hittites to the Mycenaeans and the Egyptians, revealing the tumultuous events that brought an end...
So, was the earthquake storm the final link - Ancient Armageddon 00:34
So, was the earthquake storm the final link
But more often than not, when - Ancient Armageddon 00:20
But more often than not, when
[narrator] The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us - Ancient Armageddon 00:13
[narrator] The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us
Diseases are often hard to identify - Ancient Armageddon 00:16
Diseases are often hard to identify
This is the tomb of Ramses V, - Ancient Armageddon 00:17
This is the tomb of Ramses V,
And then, when we carried out tests, - Ancient Armageddon 00:25
And then, when we carried out tests,
We also know that several tombs - Ancient Armageddon 00:17
We also know that several tombs
Which has led some scholars to think that - Ancient Armageddon 00:08
Which has led some scholars to think that
[narrator] It is sounds suspiciously - Ancient Armageddon 00:45
[narrator] It is sounds suspiciously
[narrator] Do we at last have the answer to what happened - Ancient Armageddon 00:58
[narrator] Do we at last have the answer to what happened
You have the king at the top, - Ancient Armageddon 00:12
You have the king at the top,
[narrator] It is possible that Mycenae's eventual destruction - Ancient Armageddon 00:36
[narrator] It is possible that Mycenae's eventual destr...
Even if it is religious in nature, - Ancient Armageddon 00:11
Even if it is religious in nature,
[narrator] An internal rebellion may well have been - Ancient Armageddon 00:43
[narrator] An internal rebellion may well have been
So they put down their tools, - Ancient Armageddon 00:07
So they put down their tools,
And they kept doing this until they finally got paid. - Ancient Armageddon 00:05
And they kept doing this until they finally got paid.
[narrator] This near-complete social and political collapse - Ancient Armageddon 00:23
[narrator] This near-complete social and political collapse
Some may have been migrants, some may have been refugees. - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
Some may have been migrants, some may have been refugees.
[narrator] As these victims of a string of disasters - Ancient Armageddon 00:36
[narrator] As these victims of a string of disasters
After years of research, theories and mystery, - Ancient Armageddon 00:26
After years of research, theories and mystery,