文档介绍：THE END OF
THE BRONZE AGE
C H A NGE S IN WARfAR E AND T HE
C A T A ST R O P HE C A . 12 0 0 .
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Drews, Ra ben.
C H APT ER 01':E
Th e end of [he Bro nze Age: Changes in \'(Iarfare and [he ca tastrophe
The Catastro phe an d Its Chronology 3
ca. 1200 . i Ra ben Drews.
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Includes bibliograp hical referenc es an d index. Th e Catastrophe Surveyed 8
ISBN 0 ·69 1-04811 ·8 Anatolia 8
1. Bro nze age-c-M edir er Region. 2. \X'arfare. Prehisroric• Cyp rus 11
M editerranean Region. 3. Chariot warfare-c-- Med irerranean Region. Syria 13
4. \V'e3pons. Prehistor ic-c-Medirerr .mean Region. 5. Med uerrauean 111e Sal/them 15
Reg ion - Antiquities. l. Title. Mesopotamia 17
Egyp t 18
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Greece and the Aegean Islands 2 1
Crete 26
T his book has posed in Saban Su m m ary 29
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Migrat ion s 4H
The Egyptian Evidence 48
The O rigins ofthe Thesis
Archaeological ,111 .1 Historical Considerations 61
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