(1) Using the readings available to you, consider the facts that explain why the early civilizations of this period – Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Hittite -even Mycenaean- were able to flourish at the outset Then (2) explain why civilizations such as these were, in some cases, destroyed by the end of the Bronze Age (i.e ca. 1100 bce.) Avoid simplistic answers and consider the complex interplay of forces that may combine to bring about a systemic failure of societies such as these. Are there lessons that make the study of these issues relevant to our own age? (3) from your own critical evaluation of the facts, show how the history of the period of the late bronze age mentioned above could be both a “time of troubles” but also an “age of growing opportunities” for many of the societies of the ancient Middle East until c.500 b.c.e Lost Empire Of The Hittites : Hittites Civilisation Documentary (Christian Video) Secrets of the aegean apocalypse