A Marxist History of the World part 8: Crisis in the Bronze Age

http://www.counterfire.org/index.php/articles/a-marxist-history-of-the-world/6201-a-marxist-history-of-the-world-part-8-crisis-in-the-bronze-age
Date Written:  2010-07-05
Publisher:  Counterfire
Year Published:  2010
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX14313

Why did Bronze Age empires rise and fall amid crisis and war? And why did this contradictory social form simply replicate itself over long periods of time? Neil Faulkner looks at the evidence.

Subject Headings

• Ancient Cultures & Civilizations
• Bronze Age
• Ruling Class