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Curious Minds: The Bronze Age

6 episodes 98%4KCC

Bronze, trade, and collapse reshape the first interconnected world.

Explore how Bronze Age civilizations rose from towns to powerful cities linked by trade, diplomacy, and writing across the eastern Mediterranean and Near East. See how bronze transformed daily life, from farming to warfare, and why disruptions in tin routes, drought, and invasions helped bring this world crashing down. Sign up to uncover the human stories inside archaeology's biggest mysteries.

Episode guide

6 episodes
1
1The Bronze Age
Eric Cline, Professor of Classics and Anthropology describes the characteristics of the Bronze Age in the Mediterranean region.
3 min
2
2Food And Beverage
Eric Cline, Professor of Classics and Anthropology at George Washington University, discusses the culture of food and wine in the ancient Mediterranean world.
2 min
3
3The Invention Of Writing
Eric Cline, Professor of Classics and Anthropology at George Washington University, examines the invention and development of writing since ancient Mesopotamia.
2 min
4
4Social Networks In The Bronze Age
Eric Cline, Professor of Classics and Anthropology at George Washington University, explains how kings of Syria and Egypt bridged great distances to communicate during the Bronze Age. And how those working for the monarchs sent messages as well.
3 min
5
5The Fall Of The Bronze Age
Eric Cline, Professor of Classics and Anthropology at George Washington University, describes the factors leading to the decline of the Bronze Age Mediterranean civilizations, a collapse equivalent to the demise of the Roman Empire 1500 years later.
4 min
6
6Life Of An Archaeologist
Eric Cline, Professor of Classics and Anthropology at George Washington University, takes you through one day in the life of an archaeologist, which starts at 4:30AM!
3 min
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