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Losing the Uluburun ship would've been a great loss
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Ancient Armageddon

Losing the Uluburun shipwould've been a great loss, but imagine if we weretalking not...

Losing the Uluburun ship
would've been a great loss, but imagine if we were
talking not about one ship but all the ships. If trade collapsed and the city suddenly
had no bronze would they have
been able to survive? How long would we last today if we had no oil or gas?

Full Transcript

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Losing the Uluburun ship would've been a great loss,
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but imagine if we were talking not about one ship
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but all the ships.
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If trade collapsed
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and the city suddenly had no bronze
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would they have been able to survive?
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How long would we last today
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if we had no oil or gas?
Duration
25 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:49
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...
Trade networks in the Bronze Age - Ancient Armageddon 00:14
Trade networks in the Bronze Age
And so, you know, it gave the name to this period. - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
And so, you know, it gave the name to this period.
It is incredibly important. But to make - Ancient Armageddon 00:09
It is incredibly important. But to make
10% tin to 90% copper and you have got yourself - Ancient Armageddon 00:07
10% tin to 90% copper and you have got yourself
But I do not recommend that. You will be dead pretty soon. - Ancient Armageddon 00:05
But I do not recommend that. You will be dead pretty soon.
[narrator] Here at Butser Ancient Farm in the UK - Ancient Armageddon 00:19
[narrator] Here at Butser Ancient Farm in the UK
We'll heat and then combine - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
We'll heat and then combine
[narrator] Copper was relatively easy to find. - Ancient Armageddon 00:51
[narrator] Copper was relatively easy to find.
The Hittite king who lived in this palace, for example, - Ancient Armageddon 00:16
The Hittite king who lived in this palace, for example,
[narrator] By this time, they had mastered - Ancient Armageddon 00:28
[narrator] By this time, they had mastered
So we've broken open the mold now, - Ancient Armageddon 00:09
So we've broken open the mold now,
A lot of work but a beautiful item - Ancient Armageddon 00:07
A lot of work but a beautiful item
[narrator] But to make their tools and weapons they needed their supplies. - Ancient Armageddon 00:28
[narrator] But to make their tools and weapons they needed t...
Some historians have suggested that around 1200 BC, - Ancient Armageddon 00:56
Some historians have suggested that around 1200 BC,
[narrator] Could the tribes who first managed to make iron - Ancient Armageddon 00:34
[narrator] Could the tribes who first managed to make iron
The end of it was not the - Ancient Armageddon 00:08
The end of it was not the
Um, of a... of a superior technology - Ancient Armageddon 00:06
Um, of a... of a superior technology
The archaeological narrative is based on facts. - Ancient Armageddon 00:18
The archaeological narrative is based on facts.
[narrator] Whoever the attackers were - Ancient Armageddon 00:15
[narrator] Whoever the attackers were
In fact, it is much more likely that it was the other way around. - Ancient Armageddon 00:05
In fact, it is much more likely that it was the other way ar...