article_snippet.sent: The Year Civilisation Collapsed marks the moment when the civilised world entered the Dark Ages and some of the most spectacular societies in the civilised world disappeared.
article_snippet.sent: Now one historian claims one historian has unraveled what may have lead to the downfall of Ancient Egypt and other Bronze Age civilisations collapse.
article_snippet.sent: one historian claims they were hit by a 'perfect storm' of disasters 3,200 years ago that left the Ancient Egyptians, the Babylonians, Minoans and Mycenians unable to cope.
article_snippet.sent: Professor Eric Cline, director of the Capitol Archaeological Institute at George Washington University claims that a series of droughts, famines, climate change, earthquakes, invasions and internal rebellions between 1225BC and 1177 BC happened in quick succession.
article_snippet.sent: I think that the Late Bronze Age civilisations were simply unable to weather the "perfect storm" and cam crashing down. '
article_snippet.sent: The thriving economy and cultures of the late second millennium BCE, which had stretched from Greece to Egypt and Mesopotamia, suddenly ceased to exist, long-used trade routes were abandoned, along with writing systems, advanced technology, and monumental architecture.'
article_snippet.sent: The Year Civilisation Collapsed'.
article_snippet.sent: The claims the events that led up to the collapse of these civilisations marked a turning point in ancient history.
article_snippet.sent: Ramesses III's reign said: 'I would argue that the civilizations of the Mediterranean and the ancient Near East were so interconnected ... that when one collapsed, it affected the others, so that one by one they fell, like a chain of dominoes. '
article_snippet.sent: The fact that similarly-intertwined civilizations collapsed just after 1200 BCE should be a warning to us; if it happened once, it can happen again.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Historian Eric Cline at George Washington University says a series of disasters between 1225BC and 1177BC led to downfall of ancient societies .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The Year Civilisation Collapsed .