After 1177 B.C.

Reviews

"A Financial Times Best Book of the Year" "Expert, ingenious and endlessly fascinating. . . . First in 1177 B.C. and now in After 1177 B.C., Mr. Cline has rewritten our understanding of a distant but resonant age."—Dominic Green, Wall Street Journal "Brilliant. . . . A superb work to interest history buffs for every period."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Cline is one of those rare scholars with the gift of communicating scientific and historical data to the public, joining the ranks of Jared Diamond, Ian Morris, Niall Ferguson, and others."—Thomas E. Levy, Science "Cline distills an immense amount of material into a highly readable narrative that in its conclusion draws startling parallels with contemporary climate change. It's a dizzying feat of scholarship."—Publishers Weekly "Where [1177 B.C.] offered an almost relentlessly grim depiction of decline and fall, [After 1177 B.C.] gives us a more granular, detailed look at how different societies coped with the transformations of the Late Bronze Age collapse in contrasting ways. . . . Curiously reassuring."—Richard Kreitner, Slate "Sequels aren't just for Hollywood blockbusters. Historian Eric H. Cline enjoyed a huge hit with his book about the end of the Bronze Age. In 1177 B.C.:The Year Civilization Collapsed he showed how remarkably interconnected the ancient world was some 3000 years ago and how that and a convergence of events led to its downfall and the First Dark Ages. Now what? That's the question he answers in After 1177 B.C., showing which nations rebuilt themselves, which new ones emerged and why? And keep an eye out for the "Sea Peoples;" they are a wily bunch."—Michael Glitz, Parade "Cline mixes archaeology, history, climate science, and social theory in this insightful work that never pushes evidence beyond its weight. . . . [A] compelling, original, and fruitful story. This title has significant meaning in an overstressed world. For more than just history buffs."—Library Journal, starred review "A remarkable and vital book . . . a masterly overview. . . . After 1177 B.C.—well written in a clear, engaging, even witty style, using archaeology with sensitivity and lightness of touch—is a tour de force, heartily to be recommended to anyone interested not only in antiquity but in the present and potential future."—David Stuttard, Classics for All "1177 B.C. traced the scope of the Bronze Age collapse and inquired into its causes. Now, Cline has written a sequel, After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations, which examines the aftermath. . . . [he] points out that not everything went dark all at once, and that there were green shoots among the ruins."—Jacob Mikanowski, Chronicle of Higher Education "Anyone concerned with avoiding the end of the world as we know it might be especially interested in the societies that flourished in the wake of the Late Bronze Age collapse. . . . [T]hought provoking."—Bruce Bower, Science News "Cline takes us through the. . . rise of the west in a lively and engaged manner; his range of knowledge is most impressive, as is his love of the subject."—Chris Gosden, Times Literary Supplement Expand reviews