The Role of Climatic Disruption in The General Destruction of 1200 Bc
The Role of Climatic Disruption in The General Destruction of 1200 Bc

Author(s): Haldun Aydıngün, Şengül Aydıngün
Subject(s): Historical Geography, Environmental and Energy policy
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: The role of climatic disruption; general destruction; 1200 Bc;
Summary/Abstract: The world was struggling with serious climatic irregularities in 1200 BC, For this reason, agricultural production, which was the main source of livelihood of the Palace Economies, declined, and even famines broke out, and the people who had to leave their homelands in a wide area from Central Asia to Central Europe began to destabilize and shake the existing social structures. Especially at the beginning of the 12th century BC, Egypt was deprived of the rainfall and fertility brought by the monsoon rains due to the suddenly cooling climate and entered a period of decline that would never return to its former splendor. During this period, all state systems in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, except Egypt, collapsed. States such as Hittites, Mycenaeans, and the administrative systems of cities such as Ugarit disintegrated. This period will be followed by a completely different period that will last for a few centuries and is also called the “Dark Ages” by historians.

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