The Book of Joshua and the Late Bronze Age Collapse

It was during this chaotic, seemingly world-ending era when the events described in the Book of Joshua unfolded. It was a world, in other words, much like our own.

Last week, while I was doing some random searching on YouTube, I came across a video titled Bronze Age Collapse: The Ancient World’s Greatest Disaster. While I know my fair share of ancient history, the idea of a rapid, cataclysmic collapse of Bronze Age civilizations had somehow escaped my attention.