Film, Video Eric H. Cline: 2014 National Book Festival

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Title
Eric H. Cline: 2014 National Book Festival
Summary
Anthropologist Eric H. Cline appears at the 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Event Date
August 30, 2014
Notes
-  Eric H. Cline is a professor of classics and anthropology at George Washington University, where he serves as departmental chair and director of the GWU Capitol Archaeological Institute. He is an active field archaeologist with 30 seasons of excavation and survey experience in places such as Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Cyprus and Greece. Cline is also an ancient historian and author, contributing to scholarship as author or editor of 16 books and nearly 100 articles. In "1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed" (Princeton University Press) Cline chronicles how the civilized world of the Bronze Age came to an abrupt and cataclysmic end. He sheds light on why the brilliance and thriving economy of different cultures, from Greece and Egypt to Mesopotamia, all failed, offering causes and explanations of their collapse.
Related Resources
National Book Festival website: https://www.loc.gov/bookfest/
Running Time
45 minutes 38 seconds
Online Format
video

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