The Melting of the Bronze Age: How Climate Destroyed Mycenaean Greece

The History of Greece: Philosophy, Empire, and Endless Reinvention — Fexingo History · May 13, 2026 · 6m · transcript

Around 1200 BCE, the Mycenaean palaces that had dominated Greece for centuries began to collapse. For a long time, historians blamed invaders—the mysterious Sea Peoples or Dorian tribes. But recent research points to a different culprit: climate change. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a prolonged drought and famine may have brought down the Mycenaean civilization, from the palaces of Mycenae, Tiryns, and Pylos to the collapse of trade networks across the Eastern Mediterranean. They dive into the evidence from sediment cores and tree rings, the Linear B tablets that record…