BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:12476-255788ca8979c9f4eb8fcd67e762da7c@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260611T002752Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T200000 SUMMARY:“1177 BC and After: The Collapse and Survival of Civilizations” DESCRIPTION:\nJoin the Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies for a lecture by Professor Eric Cline (George Washington Univers ity)\, bestselling author of 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed.\n \nProfessor Cline's lecture will be on the sequel to that book\, which w ill be available for purchase (along with an author signing) after the e vent. A talk abstract is available below.\n\nAfter the lecture\, the eve nt will continue with a catered reception at the Marriott Foundation Bui lding. Attendance at the reception is by registration only via this form .\n\nCAMS gratefully acknowledges the funding and co-sponsorship of the Penn State College of the Liberal Arts\; the Department of History\; the Department of Anthropology\; the Jewish Studies program\; and the Centr al Pennsylvania chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America.\n\nT alk abstract:\n\nFor more than three hundred years during the Late Bronz e Age\, from about 1500 BC to 1200 BC\, the Mediterranean region played host to a complex international world in which Egyptians\, Mycenaeans\, Minoans\, Hittites\, Assyrians\, Babylonians\, Cypriots\, and Canaanites all interacted\, creating a cosmopolitan and globalized world-system su ch as has only rarely been seen before the current day. However\, when t he end came\, the internation network collapsed rapidly\, within just a few decades. The centuries following the Late Bronze Age Collapse in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean were a time of catastrophe\, but they were also a time of rebirth and resilience. While there are examples of failure to thrive or even to survive in some cases\, others managed to a dapt and transform. In effect\, we have eight case studies of what to do (and what not to do) in the event of a systems collapse\, ranging from the Assyrians to the Egyptians to the Mycenaeans and others in between. We will also consider whether there are any relevant lessons to be learn ed from this dramatic story of resurgence and revival\, especially consi dering what is going on in our world today.\n\nFor more details: https:/ /events.la.psu.edu/event/1177-bc-and-after/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join the Depart ment of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies for a lecture by Prof essor Eric Cline (George Washington University), bestselling author of < em>1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed.

Professor Cline' s lecture will be on the sequel to that book, which will be available fo r purchase (along with an author signing) after the event. A talk abstra ct is available below.

After the lecture, the event will continue with a catered reception at the Marriott Foundation Building. Attendance at the reception is by re gistration only via this form.

CAMS gratefully acknowledges th e funding and co-sponsorship of the Penn State College of the Liberal Ar ts; the Department of History; the Department of Anthropology; the Jewis h Studies program; and the Central Pennsylvania chapter of the Archaeolo gical Institute of America.

Talk abstract:

For more than thr ee hundred years during the Late Bronze Age, from about 1500 BC to 1200 BC, the Mediterranean region played host to a complex international worl d in which Egyptians, Mycenaeans, Minoans, Hittites, Assyrians, Babyloni ans, Cypriots, and Canaanites all interacted, creating a cosmopolitan an d globalized world-system such as has only rarely been seen before the c urrent day. However, when the end came, the internation network collapse d rapidly, within just a few decades. The centuries following the Late B ronze Age Collapse in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean were a time o f catastrophe, but they were also a time of rebirth and resilience. Whil e there are examples of failure to thrive or even to survive in some cas es, others managed to adapt and transform. In effect, we have eight case studies of what to do (and what not to do) in the event of a systems co llapse, ranging from the Assyrians to the Egyptians to the Mycenaeans an d others in between. We will also consider whether there are any relevan t lessons to be learned from this dramatic story of resurgence and reviv al, especially considering what is going on in our world today.

Fo r more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/1177-bc-and-after/

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