How Did The Bronze Age Have Caused The Catastrophe By Homer?

The Bronze Age took place in many places such as: Europe, Asia, and the Middle East during the thirteenth century. The end of Bronze Age can be compared to the dark ages when looking at all the chaos and civil unrest. The Bronze Age ended very quickly and with it marked the end to not one but multiple ancient civilizations from the Mycenaean in Greece to the pharaohs of Egypt. In Drew’s book, he refers to the ending of the Bronze Age as “the catastrophe”. The Bronze Age ended with many burnt and destroyed civilizations. Drew discusses in his book the different possibilities of what may have caused “the catastrophe”. Drew has a couple theories that he seems to lean more towards being the cause but he does not completely discredit any of the other theories. All of the theories mentioned in the book seem to all tie in to the end of the Bronze Age. Instead of isolated incidents like Drew made it sound like, it sounds like “the catastrophe” was more of a domino effect of one thing leading to another. …show more content…
The timeline of “the catastrophe” seems to start with the physical attributes. There is evidence of mass destruction and fires in civilizations such as Asia, Syria and Troy dating back to 1200 BCE. Many Historians question if the damage was caused by the pastoral groups in the area. Drew points out that more than likely the destruction and charred remains were a result of “acts of God” also known as natural causes. It seems more likely that earthquakes and fires are to blame when one takes into account that pastoral groups generally did not destroy cities because they were potential places to conquer and move into. There is also evidence of drought in ancient Greece and Libya during this time. Although there some civilizations still were found to have remains of food, it is possible that the drought caused a lot panic and resulted in mass migration and some